Author: James Poulos

By May 07,2008

Restless Bombs Syndrome

That hard-to-describe tingly sensation experienced when your policy options short of force aren’t working. We all feel it. But reactions to Restless Bombs Syndrome may vary, both person-by-person and case-by-case....

By May 07,2008

Deconstructing Globalization

Michael Brendan Dougherty makes an enjoyable @TAC upon the metric system, Hegelianism, and their latest champion, Fareed Zakaria. The enthusiasts for the metric system (which is based on incorrect calculations...

By May 06,2008

Spook Lite

In what has become this blog’s continuing crusade against crap American beer (as opposed, I repeat, to delicious American beer), I must express my solidarity with Phil Giraldi’s unstinting judgment:...

By May 06,2008

A Novel Idea

“If it was just for the presidency, it would have ended a long time ago,” says [Ron Paul] supporter Tom Martin, 50, a database administrator from State College, Pa. “The...

By May 06,2008

Is Nationals Park a Boondoggle?

Rest assured I will leave the sports blogging around here to the experts, but take a look anyway at the claim by Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan that, um, “Weak attendance...