By • Jan 12,2010

Bloodbath in Pakistan

Before today, I never heard of the Pak Institute for Peace Studies, or PIPS. This week, PIPS released a report (PDF) that totaled up the number of violent deaths in...

By • Jan 12,2010

The Reality of North Korea

I can’t even excerpt the post without simply ripping it off wholesale, but you must read Jeffrey Goldberg’s biting rejoinder to some jackass who compared the United States’ treatment of...

By • Jan 12,2010

Best military books of the decade

Military Times has posted a list of the 16 best military books of the decade. Regrettably, I can only say that I’ve read two-and-a-half of them. The first is The...

By • Jan 12,2010

Mark McGwire did steroids!

I know, I know: It’s shocking. Big Mac has admitted to doing steroids throughout his career, including during his historic race with Sammy Sosa to beat Roger Maris’ single season...

By • Jan 12,2010

The Pink Lady

Recently, I bought a pair of Nixon-Agnew cufflinks, issued to commemorate their second inauguration in 1973. I bought them for the kitsch value and because they were cheap. Regrettably, I...

By • Jan 11,2010

The Importance of Chuck Klosterman

So, I have a piece (subscribers only) in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard that reviews three essay collections that came out on the same day: Malcolm Gladwell’s What...