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There Are Stupid QuestionsAug 26, 2009
Megan
McArdle asks, "Are
Guns at Protests Really Dangerous?" in order to argue that they
aren't:
I think
carrying guns to protests is entirely counterproductive. Indeed, I'm not sold
on the general virtues of pr...
Will the Conservatives Please Attempt An Argument?Jun 19, 2009
President Obama has taken a cautious tone toward the demonstrators in Iran, with his stated reason being that more open support would discredit their cause. This strikes me as a sensible position. The revealed preferences of both sides suggest a mutu...
Today at TNRJun 13, 2009
Narrative Dissonance: What Obama's Cairo Speech Got Wrong, by Martin Peretz
If You Thought Raising Money For Your Failing State Was Hard, Meet Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, by...
Sometimes a Monkey Is Just a MonkeyFeb 18, 2009
Sam Stein of the Huffington Post and Al Sharpton are up in arms about an editorial cartoon in today's New York Post. The cartoon, playing off a news story about a rabid chimpanzee who was shot by...
Bush: I Am Not A Paid Enemy AgentJan 16, 2009
Reading over President Bush's farewell address, I was reminded of an old rule of salesmanship. When you're trying to make a tough sell with a skeptical customer, try to at least get them nodding...
Parker Griffith Can Change Parties, But Not HistoryDec 23, 2009
For southern Democrats, the news that freshman Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama was switching parties brought back bad memories from the 1990s, when a goodly number of elected officials from the region who had been Democrats for no particular reason...
Why We Need Pakistan's HelpDec 23, 2009
This AP story reminds us that it's going to be tough to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan so long as they have a safe haven across the border in Pakistan:
SHAKTOI, Pakistan (AP) -- A top Pakistani Taliban commander says he sent thousands of fighters...
Today at TNR (December 23, 2009)Dec 22, 2009
How Obama Became the Unemployment Fall Guy (or, What the Public Doesn’t Understand About Economics) by Jonathan Chait
The Problem With Sanctions: They’d Just Strengthen Ahmadenijad’s Hand by Nader Mousavizadeh
Women’s Suffrage, Child Labor Laws, and...
Hillary: Face Time RulesDec 22, 2009
Apparently I found Newsweek's interview with Henry Kissinger and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton more interesting than Isaac did. Clinton makes what I think are a couple of interesting observations, including this one, about diplomacy in the modern...
Kissinger and Clinton Get CozyDec 22, 2009
It is bad enough that Newsweek and Slate decided to run a long joint interview of Henry Kissinger and Hillary Clinton. It is even worse that Jon Meacham, the interviewer, asks questions like, "What has surprised you most since becoming secretary of...
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