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The Case for Democrats Skipping the Netanyahu Speech
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the nuclear negotations in Vienna last year (Reuters) For the record, and as explained in posts collected here, I am not a...
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'Anti-Israel, or Anti-American?'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receiving one of his standing ovations while addressing Congress in 2011 (Reuters) I intend to give the Netanyahu-speech situation a rest after this, though there...
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On the Impossibility of Fighting ISIS
President Obama and his team this past week, announcing that they will seek legislation authorizing military action against ISIS (Reuters) Through the past 13+ years the United States has fought a war...
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Fun With Chinese Agitprop, Presidents' Day Edition
A Chinese government anthem of praise to its censors ( ProPublica ) The video below is all over the China-related community but may not have made attracted the general awareness it deserves. I'm...
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Reader Push-Back on Netanyahu, Iran, and the Speech
Allies at the White House last fall (Reuters) A word of background: Over the past week, I've argued that Prime Minister Netanyahu's upcoming speech to a joint meeting of Congress is destructive as a...
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Lorne Michaels's Other Show
Kids in the Hall opening sequence ( YouTube ) I was on the road during the SNL 40th Anniversary celebration and will have to dig it up online some time. Meanwhile, here is the Lorne Michaels-backed...
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For the Record: I Hope Jim Webb Runs
Then-Senator Jim Webb campaigning with Barack Obama in Virginia in 2012 (Reuters) The National Journal, which is part of our same Atlantic Media empire, has a new cover story by Bob Moser on Jim...
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'Kids in the Hall,' the Sequel
Kids in the Hall opening sequence ( YouTube ) Various 30-something readers are grumpy that I mentioned The Kids in the Hall as if some people might not already know about them. Welcome to the march of...
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'Mistakes Were Made'
It is quite possible that mistakes were made in 1937. ( Gus Pasquarella (US NAVY), via Wikimedia Commons ) “There were mistakes made in Iraq for sure.” Jeb Bush, yesterday, in his foreign policy...
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On 'Existential' Threats
Detail from the cover of Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach, about the existential threat to all of humanity from nuclear war I have received a foreseeable flood of mail in response to the...
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The 'Existential' Chronicles Go On
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meeting in Geneva last month (Reuters) Yesterday I argued that it was time for Americans to drop or ignore the words...
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Sebastian Junger on Chickenhawk Nation
The Atlantic Sebastian Junger, who has produced moving accounts of the human face of combat in Afghanistan and elsewhere (to say nothing of the narrative mastery of The Perfect Storm), and whose war...
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Welcome Eleanor Fallows
There has been a lot of heavy weather in this space recently. Herewith a spot of wonderful cheer. Please welcome Eleanor Rose Fallows, who made her debut on February 11 in Newport Beach, California....
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Sobering News Out of China, Part Four Million
Getting through the Chinese Internet firewall is something like getting through this gate into the Forbidden City (Wikimedia commons) Last week I mentioned the latest chapter in the Chinese...
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Talking With Dan Richard About High-Speed Rail
What California is planning to build (UC Davis and Esri) For the past 10 days my wife Deb and I have been mainly on the road in California, visiting cities for the new season of American Futures that...
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The Mystery of the Netanyahu Disaster, and a Possible Explanation
Benjamin Netanyahu at AIPAC (Reuters) Why is Benjamin Netanyahu going ahead with his speech to Congress in a few hours' time, despite complaints from all quarters about the damage it is causing? It's...
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The Central Question: Is It 1938?
Prime Minister Netanyahu is no slave to the TelePrompTer (Reuters) After Benjamin Netanyahu's speech let me point you toward Jeffrey Goldberg's analysis. Let me also suggest, again, that differences...
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Readers on Netanyahu, Iran, and Existential Threats
The campaign goes on in Israel, as the campaigner comes to the United States (Reuters) These responses follow these recent pieces about Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech: "Is it 1938?", "The Mystery...
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On the Use and Misuse of History: The Netanyahu Case
Elie Wiesel, next to Sara Netanyahu, being introduced to receive an ovation at Tuesday's speech. (Reuters) Previously in this series on Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech: "Is It 1938?", "The Mystery...
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How Air Traffic Controllers Sound When They Have to Close the Airport
The path of Delta 1086 this morning ( FlightAware ) It's obviously good news that no one appears to have been hurt when a Delta Airlines flight skidded off a runway this morning at LaGuardia airport....
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