By • Mar 18,2009

Yes, we watch Rachel Maddow

On Monday night, Maddow invited counterinsurgency expert John Nagl to discuss Afghanistan in her ‘Talk Me Down’ segment. Nagl is a retired lieutenant colonel who commanded an Army battalion in...

By • Mar 18,2009

The Jon Stewart Backlash?

Is it finally here? I’ll just say that I’m with Will, who’s with Tucker, in being annoyed by Jon Stewart: You know what? I’m just gonna say it: I’m bored...

By • Mar 18,2009

The Lonely Crowd, Revisited

Up on the main page, we’ve got a monster of an article about David Riesman’s largely forgotten masterwork of sociology, The Lonely Crowd. You hear echoes of the book every...

By • Mar 18,2009

Prepare for the Inevitable

Drezner: Pragmatically, I seriously doubt that the United States can offer anything to get Tehran to halt its nuclear program.  This leads to one of two possible decisions:  pre-emptive action...

By • Mar 17,2009

Quotation of the day

From a man who knew his business, James Matheson of Jardine, Matheson & Co. — one of the original opium runners and hence founders of Hong Kong: “The Gazelle was...