Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Culture


Well now...

WH: Some Critics 'Serving the Goals of al Qaeda'* - Political Punch

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Big Tent Mailbag - Freakishly Gigantic Political Scientist Edition

A colleague, the author of Terrorism, Instability, and Democracy in Asia and Africa (and a freakishly gigantic political scientist--seriously, he's eleven feet tall), sends this link under the heading "UNICEF sucks":

God's Littlest Angels in Haiti » Blog Archive » UNICEF – A Call to Action. Take a look--this is not my area, but he might be on to something.

Ezra Klein - Rep. Paul Ryan: 'Rationing happens today! The question is who will do it?'

Ezra Klein - Rep. Paul Ryan: 'Rationing happens today! The question is who will do it?'

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Statistic Repeated at No Left Turns

Statistic du Jour | No Left Turns:
"The percentage of social-science faculty members at elite colleges and universities who voted for George Bush in 2004 was--statistically speaking--zero percent. Likewise among their colleagues in the humanities: zero percent."

SOTU

Randy E. Barnett: Obama Owes the High Court an Apology - WSJ.com

Friday, January 29, 2010

Defending Arendt

Assaulting Arendt | First Things

Goldberg and Historians

Definitions and Double Standards

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thanks to DCAT for Forwarding this Review

The Return Of Ulysses | The New Republic

President Wrong on Citizens United Case - Bradley A. Smith - The Corner on National Review Online

President Wrong on Citizens United Case - Bradley A. Smith - The Corner on National Review Online

SOTU

My Way News - FACT CHECK: Obama and a toothless commission

Will on the Supreme Court Decision

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Print Article

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Brooks

A little simplistic but some stuff of value in there:
Op-Ed Columnist - The Populist Addiction - NYTimes.com

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Here is that Book on Army Innovation

The U.S. Army Center of Military History has made available for download:

A HISTORY OF INNOVATION: U.S. ARMY ADAPTATION IN WAR AND PEACE.

I wrote the chapter on the M1 Garand rifle, but throughout the volume there are great articles by historians far better than me. Check it out.