Author: Damir Marusic
By • Mar 12,2009

The Weakness of Genre

“??? ???????” asked Lenin in 1901. Ever since then, learned men have felt compelled to end all descriptive essays with an attempt to outline a way forward. Sometimes, these men...

By • Mar 05,2009

On Demagoguery

I went and listened to the on-air debate between David Frum and Mark Levin at the urging of Massie and Sullivan, and I came away with the surprising conclusion that...

By • Mar 05,2009

Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistan

Joe Klein reports that Bruce Riedel, head of Obama’s “Af-Pak” strategy review, thinks we should focus our energies on the Pakistan problem: “Afghanistan pales in comparison to the problems in...

By • Mar 04,2009

Your Morning Friedman (Milton)

Libertarian-minded conservatives would do well to remember that the revered Milton Friedman didn’t sympathize with the Austrian view, which holds that financial crises are to a large extent the result...

By • Mar 04,2009

Why I Hate New York

From the comments to Julia Schwarz’s Doublethink story on Keith Gessen: Like, ohmigosh! Did you hear? Emily is sleeping with Keith again! This is the young vibrant New York literary...