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...