General"The Baryshnikov of the hockey rink"This is the best thing ever. In the seventies, Guy Lafleur released an album of hockey exercises set to disco music. They had the...
GeneralThe News Business is SavedWell, the music business first. Over on that noted bastion of socialism and state-backed protectionism the Isle of Man, they’ve...
GeneralWorld o Declinism (II)In last week’s New Yorker, Ben McGrath writes about his t ravels amongst the dystopians , aka declinists . You know the types --...
GeneralWorld o DeclinismThis story was briefed on page A14 of the WSJ yesterday. I didn’t see it anywhere else.
GeneralAuthenticity Watch: East and West"a cross between a North Korean mass rally and Cirque du Soleil" -- Charles Krauthammer on the opening ceremonies at the Beijing...
GeneralThe End of Yoo (and other microposts)Apologies for the very light blogging this week. In principle, I agree with Tyler Cowen that that a blog should be updated every...
GeneralSid Ryan’s foreign policy includes only IsraelHe’s never demanded American or Russian scholars denounce Bush or Putin
GeneralWhy Journalists Make Bad Politicians in the USHere’s Edward Wasserman in the Miami Herald: link
GeneralAnnals of the most federalist Quebec premier in Stephen Harper’s lifetime"Some are also increasingly asking what point there is in having a federalist in power in Quebec if he is going to conduct his...
GeneralAuthenticity Watch: Organic MattressesYou have to hand it to the New York Times: With Americans facing what is shaping up to be the worst economic downturns in...