- The emergence of Ahn Cheol Soo as a contender in the upcoming South Korean election (via B&T).
- Chris Clary on Pakistan’s nuclear program.
- Zenpundit reflects on the precarious position of the National Defense University.
- A knowledgable and connected friend sends me a link to Foreign Policy‘s “silly” list of Top 50 Republican international-affairs experts. Friend’s comment: “there are only 2-3 non-crazy people on this list.”
- This Charlie Cook piece is symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with conventional horse-race analysis. But tweeting John Sides gets results, so The Monkey Cage is on the case.
- Jason Brennan argues that Paul Ryan is not an Objectivist but, in libertarian terms, a statist conservative. Sure. But the really interesting issue thing is how Rand became a key touchstone for a wide variety of people whose only commitment to “liberty” involves defending the interests of large corporations.
- Yiddish curses for Jewish Republicans. My favorite:
- I have now accumulated NBN podcasts with Melanie Ashby, David B. Coe, David Herter, Ken MacLeod, and Meg Spooner. Many more on the way, so the channel will be launching in about a week. Also, my wife proclaimed the latest Duck of Minerva ‘cast “really interesting,” which is an unusual endorsement and good reason for our readers to check it out.
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