Feb 20,2009
Could we please stop making stupid mistakes in South Asia?
Why do we keep allowing things like this to happen?
Feb 19,2009
Look…
It’s not too often that Jon Chait and I agree on the vagaries of what is offensive and what isn’t, but here we are. Sometimes a monkey is just a...
Feb 19,2009
Alan Wolfe and liberalism: an unbeatable combination
Alan Wolfe is a “public intellectual.” I’ve always found this term to be confusing, as it’s not like so many thinkers have gone out of their way to prevent their...
Feb 19,2009
Egypt releases Ayman Nour
Mr. Nour is the country’s most prominent democracy advocate. He was imprisoned in 2005. NYT: Mr. Nour’s imprisonment ended Egypt’s brief experiment with allowing opposition politics to flourish. His Al...
Feb 19,2009
Obama’s war on terror
Not so different from Bush’s? Analysis from the NYT and John McCormack. UPDATE: More good analysis on this subject from Eli Lake.
Feb 19,2009
Harvard: making the bleeding obvious seem smart and sophisticated since 1636
How would you rather learn the lessons of specialization, comparative advantage, and bloc purchasing power? In two years at Harvard Business School, for over a hundred grand, or five minutes...