So I spent about an hour listening to John Kerry talking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about President Obama’s proposed strike. Here are some thoughts: 1. Kerry argued that the refugee crisis from the Syrian civil war was destabilizing Jordan. That strikes me as more of an . . . . Continue Reading »
Jean Yarbrough makes a very apt comment on Powerline , in reference to the recent stories on the obscene and lawless bullying of the entrepreneur who brought Buckyballs to market , and the similar IRS bullying of the True the Vote leader: We need an updated online primer in American government and . . . . Continue Reading »
That, of course, I was. So from the point of view of my profession, I’m apparently more controversial than even Mr. Ceaser. See what they’re saying about ME in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCAITON and INSIDE HIGHER ED . I will say more later about and eventually post what I actually said. . . . . Continue Reading »
After Mr. Ceaser’s post below (and the remarkable thread), anything I say will seem boring. So I’m letting my “what I learned at the APSA meeting” go for a while. Meanwhile, read these BIG THOUGHTS . . . . . Continue Reading »
Please also read ” Against Symbolic Killing ” our editor R. R. Reno’s case against intervening in Syria. —ed. Republicans should support some version of the authorization of force resolution. They should do so even if they think that the President’s policy will prove . . . . Continue Reading »
I need to limit the category pretty strictly to decide. But it’s not simply a pragmatic limitation. Earlier Songbook posts have laid the groundwork for my main assumption, that the basic folk-rock recipe was to inject the purity and longing of the gentler, Baez-esque , side of the folk sound . . . . Continue Reading »
What jumps out from this New York Times article is an incredibly stupid comment by David Leege, but the most important part has to do with how the Republican establishment is trying to sell itself. The self-serving malice of an academic is less damaging than the self-serving delusions of the . . . . Continue Reading »
So I leave early tomorrow to go the APSA in Chicago. Tomorrow at 415, you can see me (somewhere in the Palmer House) comment on the topic above. I’m obviously running behind in preparing, and so consider the comments below very tenative and completely unproofed. Still, it’s always good . . . . Continue Reading »
So here is a draft of my seminar this fall. I’ve spent a lot of time cutting it back and giving it some (limited) focus. Let me know what you think. The italics disappeared with the cutting and pasting. Imagine it is there. 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Does (and Need) Technology Make Us . . . . Continue Reading »
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