By • May 11,2009

Is progress evaporating in Iraq?

Gen. Petraeus explains the situation to Chris Wallace: WALLACE: There is also growing violence in Iraq, amid signs that the Iraqi government is dropping some of the counterinsurgency tactics that...

By • May 11,2009

All girl’s basketball, all the time

JVL has posted a followup explaining in further detail why Malcolm Gladwell’s recent piece on Davids, Goliaths, and the full court press is so off: 5) As it happens, there are...

By • May 11,2009

Defending Star Trek

A film that got positive reviews from 95% of the critics hardly needs any help from me. But I thought it was notable that a few prominent critics disliked what...

By • May 07,2009

Obama, herald of change

In the words of the certainly-not-conservative Jeffrey Rosen, Barack Obama is trying to split the difference on torture. He wants to move forward–no messy dwelling on the Bush-Cheney era–except that...