Battle Of The Not Quite Titans
It's not exactly Sonny Liston v. Muhammed Ali, but you can see Matthew Yglesias of The Atlantic and I engage in a (relatively) civil bloggingheads discussion here. The kind folks at bloggingheads.tv asked that I embed a link for you to preview. READ MORE >>
Another Victory For The Foreign Policy Consensus
In response to my post about Barack Obama's rush to the center, Josh Marshall asks: READ MORE >>
The Mugabelogue
Who’s interested in Zimbabwe, and why? How should Westerners understand the situation there? And could this all be Jimmy Carter’s fault? T.A. Frank and James Kirchick discussed the situation over IM. Why Zimbabwe? T.A. Frank: As people like to point out, there are a lot of rotten countries out there. So why this rotten country? Let’s talk about why you and I happen to care about Zimbabwe. READ MORE >>
Hey Nutroots, You Lost
The Wall Street Journal's lead editorial today catalogues Barack Obama's dramatic reversals on a wide array of issues over the last few weeks alone. READ MORE >>
And This Is Bad?
Thad Cochran recounts a 1987 meeting between a Senate delegation and Nicaraguan Sandinistas: The atmosphere was tense, as the U.S. was pressing "pretty hard." Cochran noticed a disturbance at the meeting table in a room lined with armed personnel. READ MORE >>
Obama Cult Watch
Is Barack Obama an "enlightened being?" READ MORE >>
From Kerry To Obama
Barack Obama is a better candidate than his predecessor John Kerry in at least one important sense: he opposes a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, namely, in California. Over the weekend, Obama released a letter saying: "I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states." READ MORE >>
Joe Klein Enters The Fever Swamp
Reading that Joe Klein blog entry about the Iraq surge Jason linked to earlier, I came upon this curious paragraph towards the end: READ MORE >>
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, is the legitimately elected president of Zimbabwe. Or at least he should be. READ MORE >>
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Straussian
The sanguinity of some people on the Left -- and the paleo, non-interventionist Right -- towards dictators and religious extremists continually astounds me. Last week, I wrote about one, minor instance of the credulity with which Matthew Yglesias continually evinces whenever he writes about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements regarding Israel. READ MORE >>
