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Saturday, November 29, 2008

You've seen this movie

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My take on " Rachel Getting Married " -- a talented African American man from Hawaii swoops in to save a dysfunctional white famil...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Duck dropping

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On Tuesday, November 18, I posted " Obama's exit strategy? " at the Duck of Minerva group blog. The piece speculates that the ...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Food insecurity

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I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving today. Last week, the Department of Agriculture released its annual report on "food security...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Obama's foreign policy team

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Next week, apparently, President-elect Barack Obama will be announcing his foreign policy team. Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to be nam...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Anbar Awakening for Afghanistan?

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Tara McKelvey has a good piece in the November American Prospect on what some are calling "The Petraeus Doctrine." Lots of secur...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Energy pledge

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The University of Louisville spends about $1 million per month on energy. Since spring, I've been part of a campus team of faculty and s...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Entertainment void

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The baseball season ended a couple of weeks ago. The election concluded ( for the most part ) on November 4. To fill my leisure hours this w...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Senate update

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In the U.S. Senate, Democrats currently have 55 seats. Independents Joe Lieberman (a former Democratic Senator) and Bernie Sanders caucused ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Counterpublic spheres

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Tomorrow, November 13, I'm presenting a conference paper on "Counterpublic Spheres in Global Politics: The Anti-War Movement and Ir...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

President-Elect Obama

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America has elected a biracial man named Barack Hussein Obama to be its 44th President. Much of the TV coverage has focused on the enormity ...
Monday, November 03, 2008

RIP Dad

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Tulsa World , November 3: Owasso — Allen Keith Payne, 73, Sherwood Construction executive, died Friday. Services pending. Mowery's. Fro...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

On socialism

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The John McCain campaign charge about Barack Obama's alleged socialism is ridiculous: 1. Obama is basically promoting progressive tax po...

CSM: No more dead tree edition

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The Christian Science Monitor , a fine paper with particularly good coverage of international affairs, announced that it will soon be availa...
Monday, October 27, 2008

On-line video and the 2008 election

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Check out the Political Video Barometer on Shifting the Debate. That page includes a graph that indicates the political leanings and number ...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Conference report: Vail

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I've just returned from a " Foreign Policy Conference " in Vail, Colorado, cosponsored by the International Security & Arm...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

OSS 117

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Perhaps you've seen one of the trailers for the new Bond movie ? The film opens November 14. If that's too long to wait for a good s...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Quack, quack.

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A few minutes ago, at the Duck of Minerva blog, I posted "Do you live in the real America?" The fairly lengthy post addresses the...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Anthrax emergency declared

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Did you know that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, based on a recent determination from the Department of Homeland Security, decl...