I suppose the fact that thousands of Ukrainian-Canadians were interned in labour camps during WWI should not surprise me, but I have to admit that it does. I’m not surprised from a historical perspective, the early 20th century was certainly a far more brutal and rascist period than we live in now.
I am surprised […]
SeekerBlog has posted what will be the first in a series of posts on energy policy options, and it makes you anxious for the sequels. There is some smart blockquoting of reviews for Winning the Oil Game that detail just how much dependence on oil can be reduced by driving market innovation in transportation, […]
A fascinating post from Iraqi Shirko Mula Qadir detailing the history and crimes of the Baath. There was a lot of good information covering the fascist and continental race theory influences of the Baath and other totalitartian tendencies in Paul Berman’s excellent Terror and Liberalism, but over all I have seen very little […]
TNR has published a compelling article that makes the case for liberal support for Wolfowitz to head up the World Bank.
The Author, G. Pascal Zachary, opints out something that I’ve been noting for years. That the American Liberal and Conservative activism on the World Bank is in agreement more than not. I recall […]
This article by Victor Davis Hanson may have lost some of its relevance as conditions in Iraq continue to improve, but its rhetorical strengths and prescient nature have only been heightened. The following excerpt is particularly well done.
With elections and freedom accorded to the Shia and the Kurds, we must renew, not disavow, our […]
I’ve always gotten a lot of enjoyment out of David Foster Wallace’s writing. The new Atlantic Monthly features a simply incredible 23 page long article in which DFW examines the world of talk radio. One of the most impressive things about the printed version of this (there is also a pdf download for […]
UPDATE: I don’t know how this happens but I actually just sat in one spot for 3 hours and hammered out nearly 3 thousand words on tax policy. I’d love feedback on this but I’m curious if anyone will have the temerity to read it.
Ted Rall has a unique reputation as an idiot amongst […]
Hey, everyone knows that Americans are becoming more conservative. A recent Economist/YouGov poll even shows that around 30% of respondents believe they are more conservative over the last 10 years, and just under 20% believe they have become more liberal. Amongst Americans there was a similar spread in sentiment to the question of […]
Seekerblog has some good analysis of a recent Iraq poll that was heavily referenced on the blogosphere last week, but deserves more elucidation. Click and check out the charts and commentary related to .
The new survey revealed that 61.5 percent of Iraqis believe that their country is headed in the right direction compared to […]
No big surprise here. I’ve been predicting this would happen soon for several months.
Congrats to the flickr team.
Michael Totten is resuming work for Friends of Democracy, which is now posting English translations of notable Arabic language blog posts from Iraq. Here’s an open letter to the nesxt president.
Dan Darling writing at WoC made a comment that someone should really be collecting information about how people-power movements like we’ve seen in Lebanon, Ukraine, and Georgia the the last couple of years, ahve managed to get off the gound, leading a commenter to post information about Otpor’s struggle against Milosevic, and the fascinating […]
Austin Bay has posted parts of an interview he did with Benazir Bhutto. Here’s the money quote:
BAY: There’s a democratic surge in the Middle East�what can stop it?
BHUTTO: There is certainly a surge towards democracy. This year has been a remarkable one. In some ways like the year when the Berlin Wall fell and […]
The Hezbollah rally as Oxford, Mississippi.
But for the massive crowds of white segregationists, it was the beginning of the end. A sort of last hurrah. Similarly, when you have a group funded by Iran (i.e., Hezbollah) holding a gender-segregated rally with a blatantly contradictory message (”No to Foreign Intervention” and “Thank you, Syria”) you are […]
The latest silly blog game:
where you’ve been
bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now…
Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas […]
TNR, noting that many organs of liberal opinion are offering only grudging support for the prospect of democratisation in the middle east makes the case for broader support and involvement for the initiative.
The administration’s record of foreign policy cynicism and ineptitude is not easily forgotten (or forgiven). But it is precisely because of this track […]
Michael Totten just posted a large excerpt from an article printed in the Lebanese Daily Star that I have had in my drafts since early yesterday. I guess great minds think a like. I haven’t put anything together on it but I’d encourage you to read Totten’s post.
Things seem to be changing hourly […]
Clay Risen has a worth-reading article at TNR on the subject of offshoring. This subject reached a fevered pitch last year, as an underperforming economy and election had people looking for scapegoats. Risen points out two major factors that have alleviated the “problem”.
One is that wages in India are skyrocketing (11.4% in 2004, […]
I thought it was pretty bizarre that Carly Fiorina was the leading candidate to head the World Bank. She’s no doubt a pretty capable person, but has no experience in development or banking, and its been less than a month since her unceremonial dismissal from HP. The economist made joke last week that […]
Well the National Post didn’t print my letter, but they did publish an unsigned editorial that said it all, and much clearer since it clearly has more than 3 minutes of cold-medicine induced productivity in it.
It shouldn’t be all that surprising, since the Post seems to print a pro-legalization editorial every month or so, but […]