The Shape of the New Russian Polity
In the Pilot’s Seat: Flying to Chechnya and Unchecked Power* Today’s New York Times has some insightful coverage of the shape of “politics” in Russia, “A New Parliament, but Still…
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Leftist-Islamist Alliance
An old friend sent me the Wall Street Journal article by Andrew Higgins on “Anti-Americans on the March: Inside the unlikely coalition of the U.S.’s sworn enemies, where Communists link…
Beirut Politics
One little observation about Beirut and the political crisis here. As one of my friends observed when we walked through the Hezbollah tent city, there is a remarkable politeness about…
Brink Lindsey’s Modest Proposal in The New Republic
Shifting to the Left My colleague Brink Lindsey, author of the excellent book Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism, has made an interesting proposal in The…
Beirut By Night
I walked this evening with a mixed group of Turks, Poles, Russians, Georgians, Jordanians, and a few others to the Hezbollah anti-government tent camp in Beirut. It was quite interesting….
Petro-State Corruption On Display
Hugo Chavez, who first came to national attention when he led a military coup attempt in 192, is on his way to buying a massive reelection victory, thanks to high…
Federalism: Pro or Con? Well, That Depends…..
Now What Are Those Stars Supposed to Represent? Jonathan Rauch on gay marriage, abortion, federalism, and Republican politics.
Arizona Politics
Sheikha Dalmia has an interesting take at Reason.com on the immigration issue in American politics, with a focus on Arizona. Another interesting issue that distinguishes Arizona from other states is…
Now Comes the Bad News
It seems that the bulk of the Democrats newly elected to the Congress are, um, rather of the worst sort: conservative and intolerant on social policy, anti-immigrant, economically ignorant, and…
I am sooooo pleased….
It looks like a certainty that the House will go Democrat. Divided government, here we go! I am very pleased at this repudiation of the GOP’s policies of big-government conservatism,…