By • Oct 27,2009

Get that man a Slate column!

A comment over at Pajiba: Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows is one of my favorite modern horror films. Why? It’s very meta. It’s a film about people making a...

By • Oct 27,2009

Seeing the light

Well, kind of. Matt Yglesias* realizes that, hey, some of these people supporting J Street (the liberal counterpart to AIPAC) are, in fact, not fans of the state of Israel...

By • Oct 23,2009

Police “brutality”

I’m always amused at what the nuttier portions of the left define as “brutality.” Take this video, for instance, which was posted over at Feministing. I’m having a little trouble...

By • Oct 21,2009

“The Unit”

I find CBS’s “The Unit” to be one of the more interesting post-9/11 cultural artifacts. Created by Shawn Ryan (who also created “The Shield,” arguably the best television series of...

By • Oct 21,2009

Hear me now and believe me later!

[Post bumped and updated] Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 6:30pm, I’ll be part of a panel discussion on the topic of “Afghanistan: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?” Details here....

By • Oct 21,2009

Counterterrorism vs. Counterinsurgency

Can you put that in layman’s terms? Which one has a better chance of working? Option 1: Counterterrorism. Robert Pape: Fortunately, the United States does not need to station large...