By James Poulos • Jun 18,2008

Size Matters

Unlike Reihan and like Matt Frost, My Sino-optimism is very limited. But after picking my way through thickets of ethnonationalism all throughout the past two weeks in Spain, I’ve got...

By Sonny Bunch • Jun 18,2008

My finals prediction was spot on!

At least, the second half was. Celtics in six, led by their stifling defense. It’s a shame the final game was a blowout, because the rest of the series had...

By James Poulos • Jun 18,2008

Last Names and the Patriarchy

Matt Yglesias approvingly cites Kay Steiger: Furthermore, I never really understood, if it’s such an important issue for families to all have the same names (because how would you know...

By James Poulos • Jun 18,2008

What Master Narrative?

One more reason why Frank Rich is sort of tripping (see below) is captured by Jonathan Chait with haikulike levels of parsimony: The McCain campaign’s line of the day is...