Author: James Poulos
By James Poulos • 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 James Poulos • 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 James Poulos • 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 James Poulos • 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 James Poulos • 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...