By • Sep 13,2008

Bad Idea?

Russia’s stock market has lost 46% of its value since May, with most of the loss coming on the heels of its war in Georgia, sez the New York Times....

By • Sep 13,2008

The Party of Dave

Yglesias: …the notion that it would be okay for high-ranking public officials to have no better understanding of policy issues than does the average person is bizarre. When you get...

By • Sep 12,2008

Brave Old World

So I just started watching Mad Men tonight (I know, I’m behind the curve on this one; tomorrow, we’ll talk about this new grunge music I’ve been listening to). It’s...

By • Sep 12,2008

These people…

The Telegraph reports on conversations between David Miliband and Sergei Lavrov: The Daily Telegraph can disclose that Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, reacted with fury when Mr Miliband and...

By • Sep 11,2008

Putin's America, cont.

October 7, 2006: Independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered in her Moscow apartment. July 9, 2004: American journalist Paul Klebnikov shot on the streets of Moscow. March 13, 2006: Russian...