Author Archives: olneyce

I wrote about six months ago that I didn’t think it would be that terrible if Obama waited until 2010 to act on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. I’ve changed my mind. It’s a stupid, bigoted policy. It hurts real … Continue reading →

Potemkin City Limits – PropagandhiSupporting Caste – Propagandhi So I included an old Propagandhi song in the post I just did, and it occurred to me I might as well take the opportunity to write about the new Propagandhi album … Continue reading →

…And We Thought That Nation-States Were a Bad Idea – Propagandhi Peter at the Duck of Minerva discusses Stephen Walt’s non-realist assessment of defense spending: Lets review: Realism assumes an anarchic world of rational state actors maximizing security, defined as … Continue reading →

There’s a recent trend to get super-angry that Republicans would consider filibustering judicial appointments. “But you insisted that Bush’s appointees shouldn’t be filibustered!” they sputter. Well, yes. And Democrats claimed that they had every right to do so. Now the … Continue reading →

Just A Silhouette – Ex Lovers What an absolute wonder of a song! It’s the sort of track that you have to listen to over and over because it just makes you feel so damn happy to hear that little … Continue reading →

Pew has a neat presentation of the newest version of their “impressions” poll. You know, the one where they ask people what words they would use to describe a person. For Obama, the top three words these days are ‘intelligent,’ … Continue reading →

Tenuousness – Andrew BirdUnfolding Fans – Andrew Bird Andrew Bird is one of those artists that I always feel a bit disappointed in myself for not liking more. He does good (often excellent work). Every now and then one of … Continue reading →

Talking Points Memo links to this comment from GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway: Can you imagine any of Obama’s nominees being treated the way that Sarah Palin and her family were treated by the media? It’s “interesting,” as they say in … Continue reading →

State of the Union – David Ford It won’t have escaped your notice that posting around here is quite a bit less regular than it once was. The sheer number of posts hasn’t changed much but they tend to come … Continue reading →

Fred Kaplan (who I normally think is right on the money on pretty much everything) says a number of clearly wrong things in this Slate article on the best movies about international relations. He’s referencing a couple of lists put … Continue reading →