The Plank
Today at TNR (December 9, 2009)
The Detroit Project: A Plan for Solving America’s Greatest Urban Disaster, by Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley The U.S. Government Is Getting Played by Burma’s Junta--Again, by Joshua Kurlantzick READ MORE >>
"Large Integrated Financial Groups": Can't Live Without 'Em?
Football, Instant Replay, and Arbitrariness
(Note: if you're not either a football fan or a legal aficionado, you probably want to skip over this post.) READ MORE >>
An Embarrassing Crackdown in Sudan
Obama's Sudan envoy, Scott Gration, just issued a statement criticizing Khartoum for brazenly arresting leaders of the political opposition on Monday, READ MORE >>
5 Things You Don’t Know About North Korean Soccer
Chuck Woolery, Patriot
Has Natalie Portman (Finally) Grown Up?
In her review of Brothers, Slate's Dana Stevens discloses READ MORE >>
How Irrational Are Pakistan's Fears?
Pankaj Mishra has a blog post at The New York Review of Books (that somehow sounds wrong) about the role of Kashmir in Obama's Af/Pak policy. Specifically, Mishra faults the Obama administration for not putting more pressure on India to resolve the Kashmir conflict. READ MORE >>
Would Palin Pull a Hoffman?
If Sarah Palin fails to win the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 (or declines to try), will she consider mounting a third-party bid? I don't know and, at this point, neither does she. And it seems awfully unlikely for all the obvious reasons. READ MORE >>
Tiger Woods Commentary Reaches a New Low
Ramesh Ponnuru linked to Eugene Robinson's column today, which begins in this deadly manner: Leave Tiger alone. Enough with the puns -- we get that he's really just a "cheetah" in disguise. Enough with the Barbie-of-the-Day revelations -- we get that he's attracted to a certain type. Enough with the whole thing -- we have far more important things to worry about. READ MORE >>
