By • Sep 21,2008

You just can't make this stuff up

The NCEW held a panel over the weekend on the Little Rock 9, with Jim Johnson, one of the original segregationist principals, speaking for the minority. When Johnson took the...

By • Sep 21,2008

The End of an Era

Goodbye to All That. Does Wall Street hereby become less of an alluring destination for our best and brightest? “Banker” has much less of a sexy ring than “Investment Banker”.

By • Sep 19,2008

Well played, sir

The estimable Daniel Larison, who tosses off posts like Robert Pollard writes pop songs, nails Charles Krauthammer today. I’ve frankly had it up to here with Mr. Krauthammer ever since...

By • Sep 19,2008

UN-accountable

It’s widely acknowledged that the United Nations is not perfect. From the oil-for-food debacle to the pending Security Council membership of Libya in 2009, there are a few idiosyncracies (!)...

By • Sep 19,2008

UNDP audit of DPRK

As referenced earlier, the UN’s internal audit of the UN Development Program’s operations in North Korea revealed some serious cracks in the system. Now it’s one thing to run an...