Obsidian Wings on the pitfalls of basing your grand strategy for spreading freedom and democracy throughout the Muslim world on an appeal to morality (when your base doesn’t seem to like muslims very much) However, there are underlying contradictions that … Continue reading →

Obsidian Wings on the pitfalls of basing your grand strategy for spreading freedom and democracy throughout the Muslim world on an appeal to morality (when your base doesn’t seem to like muslims very much) However, there are underlying contradictions that … Continue reading →

You know what would be a nice idea for a WordPress plugin… As a blogger, I want to reduce the number of clicks it takes to quote and cite an article so that I can blog more efficiently. Here’s how … Continue reading →

Krugman is on form today But what’s really happening to the plumbers of Ohio, and to working Americans in general? First of all, they aren’t making a lot of money. You may recall that in one of the early Democratic … Continue reading →

My daughter’s third grade class was having a civics lesson and the teacher explained that only citizens are allowed to vote. Then she asked how many of the kids’ parents were immigrants. Every hand went up except one.

Philip. Zimbardo talks about the Stanford Prison Experiment, the Milgram Experiment, Abu Ghraib and what it takes to be a hero. Horrifying and inspiring.

David Brooks says that Obama doesn’t need his audience’s love – but he gives it to him anyway. This was not evident back in the “fierce urgency of now” days, but it is now. And it is easy to sketch … Continue reading →

Rhapsody found me a new band to like today. Firewater. Borneo by Firewater They sound like a cross between The Pogues and Julio’s Bordello Googlie people.