Archive for December 2008

The monthlies.

• The Beer of Buffalo

  Long-time readers of this blog know that when I travel, I try to drink locally. And long-time readers love to hear about it. When I ventured east for Thanksgiving, it was the first time I set foot in my parents’ house in nearly six years (since mid-January 2003). I was still a graduate student at [...]

• Martin

  Jim Martin should have done the right thing. He lost on November 4 by approximately 110,000 votes. The state of Georgia’s silly law required an automatic run-off because no one received at least fifty percent (plus one) of the votes. (Martin’s opponent, the detestable Saxby Chambliss, garnered 49.8 percent. Round up, my friends; round up.) [...]

• Fallibility

  Culpability of the horrific events of nine-eleven squarely land at the feet of Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. However, fallibility in the U.S. government to prevent the events, according to Richard Clarke, is as follows: – Condoleeza Rice, then National Security Advisor, for failing to understand the urgency to deal with [...]

• Currently Reading

  Thanks to a four flights and several train-rides over the past two weeks, I was able to wrap up Against All Enemies. It was quite the read, and should be taught to every junior-year high-school student in America. I’ve decided to take a break from the current events and policy genre for my next book, [...]

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