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Slate has an article on Wal-Mart that speculates whether Wal-Mart should be considered representative of the US economy, much as GM was thought to be in the 1950s. Wal-Mart is scary … Continue reading »

Just a few notes on the distribution of knowledge and information in this day and age, inspired by a couple of articles (Slate and Instapundit) I read recently. The cliche is … Continue reading »

Here’s an interesting book review by Stephen Holmes critiquing liberal interventions. His primary focus is Samantha Power’s A Problem From Hell, about the world’s reaction to genocide. Power … Continue reading »

I seem to be putting down notes for the books I’ve read in reverse of the order I read them. I finished Berman’s Terror and Liberalism most recently. … Continue reading »

This is a wonderful book. Berman clarifies some of the issues we face today, and elaborates what should be the “liberal” argument for what we should do in the … Continue reading »

The Christian Science Monitor has a nice article on religion and The Matrix. The article is more for people unfamiliar with the movie and its upcoming sequels, and unfamiliar … Continue reading »

Here’s an interesting article by Michael Totten on liberals and conservatives, and their attitudes about the world. The most provocative observation is that liberal intellectuals are in a way less interested … Continue reading »

Here’s an interesting point about some of the more and less obvious losers from the war: The domestic peace movement: The general proposition that war is bad is correct, but the … Continue reading »

Just a quick note: I’ve just started Kenneth Pollack’s The Threatening Storm. So far, I’ve gotten through what may be called the prelude to the book — the history … Continue reading »

Here’s an interesting statement about European, specifically Norwegian, perceptions of America during this war. It all leads back to 9/11: As I see it, 9/11 made Americans realize two things, … Continue reading »