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Diary of a wimpy Sunday morning pundit
In a futile determined effort to expand his public intellectual brand, your humble blogger was on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC for about an hour this AM. It was a veeeeery interesting...
View ArticleI don't think the GOP is going to go in this direction on foreign policy
Conor Friedersdorf has an provocative essay over at The Atlantic in which he states a few hard truths about the state of the GOP on foreign policy... and then goes to a very strange place. The hard...
View ArticleAll politics is local in China and India
In today's paper the New York Times has two long stories on the two largest countries in the world: one on China and one on India. What's interesting is that both stories talk about the tensions...
View ArticleWhy the foreign policy debate is already ruined
Your humble blogger enjoyed his time in Mexico City. He particularly enjoyed last night's dinner, at which the most delicious margaritas he had ever consumed were served. It is possible that he...
View ArticleFor tonight's foreign policy debate, please drink responsibly
Your humble blogg -- [Wait, screw that, you should be feeling pretty proud today!! -- ed.] Your proud blogger will be watching tonight's foreign policy debate despite his near-certainty that it's not...
View ArticleFive thoughts on Obama's second term foreign policy team
So, after yesterday, there appears to be a little more clarity about who's gonna be doing what on Barack Obama's second term foreign policy team. If the latest reports can be trusted: 1) Susan Rice...
View ArticleWhen is Obama gonna try on foreign policy?
Pop quiz: which administration has been more enthusiastic about joining international treaties, George W. Bush or Barack Obama? The Obama administration has been slow to submit new treaties to the...
View ArticleHow the GOP has screwed itself on foreign policy
Apologies for the radio silence: your humble blogger has been silent as of late because of a nasty little cold that has taken far too long to run its course. I should be back in fighting blog...
View Article(Mild) sympathy for the Davos elites
It's that time of the year again, when the Great and Good and Rich converge to Davos, Switzerland for the realpolitik starfuckingWorld Economic Forum. The coverage of this event gyrates wildly...
View ArticleAn appalling lack of zombie preparedness in the Great White North
Your humble blogger is taking a vacation at an undisclosed zombie-proof redoubt for the next ten days, so blogging will be on the lighter side. Speaking of the lighter side, juuuuuust a few friends...
View ArticleBrad Pitt just depressed the living hell out of me about World War Z
So the big push for World War Z is clearly afoot. The second trailer for the film was released a week ago: So this trailer isn't all that different from the first trailer, which means my qualms...
View ArticleRegarding Richwine...
So last week was a pretty interesting one in wonkworld. Whether it was a disturbing week is in the eye of the beholder. To recap: Last Monday the Heritage Foundation released a report claiming that...
View ArticleIs Rand Paul The Answer to the GOP's foreign policy problems?
So, as of late, the Obama administration's foreign policy ain't been looking so hot. Edward Snowden's revelations regarding foreign surveillance have proven unsurprising but nevertheless...
View ArticleIs Rand Paul The Answer to the GOP's foreign policy problems?
So, as of late, the Obama administration's foreign policy ain't been looking so hot. Edward Snowden's revelations regarding foreign surveillance have proven unsurprising but nevertheless...
View ArticleWhen NatSec kids run for office....
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the national security/foreign policy crowd does not think much of the voters. Oh, sure, we'll usually praise democracy in the abstract as the best form of...
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