A couple of days ago, I was a bit astonished to read the following gush from American Enterprise Institute smart guy James Pethokoukis at his substack blog Faster, Please!, urging American school teachers around the country to focus their students’ attention on the launch of Elon Musk’s “Starship” super heavy booster: Not only does Starship…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Akansiima Ivan—“Monk’s Dream”
Posted by Akansiima Ivan
F*ck yeah I’m a Wikipedia-surfin’ Kissinger wannabe! Ugottaproblemwitdat?
My old buddy/bête noir Dan Drezner brings me this message, Are "Wikipedia-Surfing Kissinger Wannabes" Killing the Political Risk Field?, jumping off a fulminatin’ post by one Tina Fordham, a serious, totally non-amateur political risk chick who now runs her own company, Fordham Global Foresight. Writing in the Financial Times, Tina ripped a new one for…
Rivas Trio—“Monk’s Dream”
No information on who is actually in the Rivas Trio, unfortunately. Posted by CalArts Music Source
Yo, Jennifer Rubin! Who’s changed, Benjamin Netanyahu or you?
Meet the new Netanyahu. Not the same as the old Netanyahu, says WashPost rightie turned leftie gal Jennifer Rubin, more in sorrow than in anger. In case you haven’t been paying attention, frequent Israeli prime minister (and frequent AV non-fave rave) Benjamin Netanyahu has sunk from, well, atrocious to abysmal. Simply put, the man hath…
Q: Why did neoliberalism replace social democracy? A. Because social democracy failed. Next question!
“No, I Do Not Think the Microprocessor Doomed Social Democracy”, a substackin’ Brad DeLong exclaims, linking to a “very nice” (Brad says) piece by Arthur Goldhammer in Democracy, Chip Shots, a review of Chris Miller’s Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology and quoting an extensive chunk of it, edited by Brad,…
Emiliano Pacheco—“Monk’s Dream”
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Banning TikTok pushes buttons right and left.
Why ban TikTok? Because China! Because Internet! Banning TikTok may or may not be the answer to a maiden’s prayer, but for many Democrats and Republicans, it is a much needed balm for all their wounds, or so they are so foolish to believe. Democrats and Republicans are unhappy because neither can command the support…
Yo, New York Times! Want to know who started the War in Iraq? Look in the goddamn mirror!
20 Years On, a Question Lingers About Iraq: Why Did the U.S. Invade?, rumbles “Interpreter” (that’s what they call him) Max Fisher, subjecting us to a shitload of obscurantist chin-stroking before reaching an all too convenient non-answer/confession of ignorance, topping off this banal exercise in disingenuosity with this laughable quote as a closer: “I will…
Brad Mehldau—“Monk’s Dream”
Again, no video, but lots of Brad, from the album “The Art of the Trio, Vol. 2: Live at the Village Vanguard,” with Larry Grenadier, bass, and Jorge Rossy, drums. Recorded in 1998. Posted by Brad Mehldau – Topic