Blog Archives
Acts of God
The Oil Drum has the details on Gustav. (Much better than MSM). The election is pegged on where this storm lands. More importantly, LOOP (East coast’s oil supertanker port) is smack dab in the middle of the storm’s likely pathway. … Continue reading
GOP Pick Ends the Campaign
Pawlenty/Romney/etc look to be the VP choice. McCain sold his soul. GOP is playing this all wrong. Feedback loop won’t complete until election night, at which point Rovelings and Gringrichians will be wandering around with misfiring neurons wondering what went … Continue reading
McCain’s Dilemma
This interview (really just the intro) gets at the core conflict within the McCain campaign – him and his guerrillas vs the establishment – Rovelings and Gingrichlings who are more concerned with The Party than the election. The VP pick … Continue reading
Pakistan’s Falling Apart
ThreatsWatch is doing a good job of keeping track (especially Steve Schippert). Subscribe to his Twitter feed for the datapoints. (His bet: Kiyani coup.) -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Narrow Arrogance
I think this phenomenon, as discussed by Tanji, KI, and McArdle, is symptomatic of what happens when you have narrowly focused institutions to create entire generations of a field. Look, narrow institutions can be useful but based on commonplace complaints … Continue reading