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...
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...
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...
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...
Over at Slate, David Haglund attempts to make the case that the Big Lebowski works as an anticipation of the perfidy of the neocons: Watching The Big Lebowski in 2008,...
Sigh: A presidential election grinds on, and one side merrily chants “drill baby drill!” Every time I hear it, I wonder how we’ll be judged in 60 years. When the...
