Daniel

Well that’s it for me folks. I’m done here. Special thanks to Spencer for this great opportunity. Thanks to my co-bloggers, Dara, Matt, and Ned, and most of all thanks to all of you for reading me and bringing the insightful comments.

I, for one, am fairly happy about this. Not because it’s Pakistan in particular (although from what little I know about Drone warfare and Pakistan, I’m not unhappy Pakistan isn’t getting weaponized drones) but because the casualty civilian death count from Drone warfare is embarrassingly high. I won’t waste your time pretending to know a [...]

Ryan Avent has a pair of great posts on how smart phones changes the dynamic of living in cities or using transportation. Read them here and here. One thing I would add is to his second post (which is the second link): It’s also worth pointing out that smartphones and their apps are making being [...]

lolz: Stuffed down in the expense reports for one of RNC sachem Michael Steele’s recent trips is almost two grand spent at a trendy West Hollywood club known for topless dancers simulating lesbian sex (and also just topless dancers simulating women with exposed breasts). The RNC notes that it wasn’t Steele but a staffer who [...]

One of the problems with coverage of terrorism and anti-terrorist stings today is that there’s never enough attention given to the Muslim groups that denounce the attacks. When someone of Muslim descent is arrested for terrorism the reporting rarely includes Muslim advocacy groups (which, alas, I fear I need to stress have no link to [...]

Taegen Goddard points to a recent Washington Post/ABC News Poll which found the enthusiasm gap has closed. My question is, will Democrats become more enthusiastic after the much more broadly popular financial reform is passed?

There’s a tendency among iPod or iPhone users to scoff at the notion that a news app might actually be worth paying money for. No reason to spend a few bucks on a subscription each month when you can easily go online on your phone and find the news that way. On the other side [...]

In response to West Virginia’s victory over Kentucky tonight, Daniel Strauss has a pretty good post up about team allegiances: That’s the funny thing about sports team allegiances. I had a friend my freshman year who was a diehard Duke fan despite being an undergrad at the University of Missouri. Often on the college level, [...]

Call me a smug-East-Coast-hoity-toity-librul but I can’t help but chuckle at one particular part of this New York Times story on the Tea Party movement that quotes a partier explaining why he’s against any kind of social safety net: Mr. Grimes, who receives Social Security, has filled the back seat of his Mercury Grand Marquis [...]

Hey all, the pseudononymous Daniel here. Before I get into my post, a special thanks to Spencer for letting me blog here and a shout-out to my co-guest bloggers all of whom are very astute and accomplished. They are all worthy of your time, dear reader. Now on to my post. It’s pretty rare that [...]