By • Feb 03,2009

Only on Aeroflot

A pilot on an Aeroflot flight sparked a revolt when passengers came to suspect he was drunk: Mr Cheplevsky did little to ease passengers’ fears by refusing to leave the...

By • Feb 03,2009

The Shoe Fits

The shoe-as-insult bit has now gone global: China denounced a protester at Cambridge University who threw a shoe at Prime Minister Wen Jiabao but nevertheless hailed his visit to Britain...

By • Feb 02,2009

The Fundamentalist Psyche

I’ve dismissed the notion of a “fundamentalist psyche” before, but only in cases in which I believed its bearer was misusing the term to score some sort of political points...

By • Feb 02,2009

High Time for a Policy Change

In case you missed it this weekend, Michael Phelps is in trouble for smoking pot. He has since issued a formal apology. On the “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet”...

By • Feb 02,2009

State's State-Building Mandate?

Chris Brose over at Shadow Government has sketched out some thoughts on how the Department of State might be restructured to operate less like 1950s-era GM and more like a...