- “Richard, Rilke will do this to you again, if you read him.”
Posted on Background Without Foreground: The Cause of Irrational Fear December 3, 2009 9:07 PM - “Yes, more have people have died and been displaced by the actions of the Pakistani military than have been killed”
Posted on Obama also authorized an expansion of CIA activities in Pakistan December 2, 2009 9:11 PM - “We could sacrifice treasure. We could say that the profit sharing with the Saudi Arabians ends now because this is”
Posted on Taliban = al Qaeda? Let's call the whole thing off? December 2, 2009 8:49 PM - “From a "force protection" point of view, this pressure on Pakistan to sign up for the plan in Afghanistan makes”
Posted on Obama also authorized an expansion of CIA activities in Pakistan December 2, 2009 6:43 PM - “Excellent piece. The links are weeks of work. My brain hurts.”
Posted on Ayman al-Zawahri begs to differ with those who think the Pakistani Taliban is no threat December 2, 2009 6:15 PM - “I have noticed several references you have made to the writings of Ahmed Rashid over the past few months. I”
Posted on Taliban = al Qaeda? Let's call the whole thing off? December 2, 2009 5:47 PM - “In the context of a civil war in Iraq that is waiting for its season, the rejection of the Al-Qaeda”
Posted on Taliban = al Qaeda? Let's call the whole thing off? December 2, 2009 5:33 PM - “The paper includes many points of comparison that are not fully developed. For instance the point made about how both”
Posted on Afghanistan-A Way Forward November 30, 2009 6:55 PM - “In any case, the knock on Bush was that he neglected Afghanistan up to the brink of ceding it to”
Posted on Shameless Nation November 30, 2009 12:02 PM - “And if there is a clear goal, you know if you failed or not.”
Posted on Shameless Nation November 29, 2009 9:07 PM - “The question is so big that how one frames one kind of answer will not touch on the dynamics of”
Posted on Why do we believe what we believe ? November 29, 2009 9:04 PM - “Well the Powell Doctrine is an exquisite product of doublespeak:Decisive means and results are always to be preferred, even if”
Posted on Shameless Nation November 29, 2009 7:46 PM - “In my remarks, I was thinking that Copleston was saying that Schopenhauer was "stuck with Kant's conclusion." That is a”
Posted on Schopenhauer's Insight and Contemporary Science November 29, 2009 6:08 PM - “We also have the "forms of life" discussed in the Philosophical Investigations. Wittgenstein ascribes an immediacy to those forms that”
Posted on Schopenhauer's Insight and Contemporary Science November 28, 2009 4:11 PM - “I agree with Copleston when he said: "You start with Kant's presuppositions, you end up with Kant's conclusions." All the”
Posted on Schopenhauer's Insight and Contemporary Science November 28, 2009 1:57 PM - “Thank you for your service. The whole "fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here" statement”
Posted on The Myth of the Jihadi Superman November 26, 2009 4:48 PM - “I was about to post something about the Gingrich flying wedge until you beat me to it. Oh well, you”
Posted on Here's where it all went wrong November 26, 2009 4:07 PM - “De Tocqueville once said that Americans were natural Cartesians. He said, they measured everything with the rule of their own”
Posted on Some Thoughts on a Way Forward November 26, 2009 3:09 PM - “Excellent news! When you hit the big time, don't forget those people who knew you when your shirt collar flickered”
Posted on Thank You TPM Cafe November 26, 2009 10:39 AM - “I suddenly became freelance after Black Monday in 87. The company I worked for remodeled apartments for Wall Street folks”
Posted on Working for Wages November 26, 2009 10:26 AM - “You will need to take your math challenge to the Pentagon, not Steve Clemons. If you had read the article,”
Posted on Afghanistan Price Tag Will Easily Beat Annual Cost of Expanding US Health Care November 23, 2009 11:55 AM - “I believe we are still living in the place opened up by the First World War. I have been trying”
Posted on Background Without Foreground: The Cause of Irrational Fear November 22, 2009 10:55 PM - “Your comment about forming new ways to communicate reminded my of a letter written by Rainier Maria Rilke during World”
Posted on Background Without Foreground: The Cause of Irrational Fear November 22, 2009 4:04 PM - “I like the idea of a message encased in a totality of links. Try it again when the links don't”
Posted on With sine chart November 21, 2009 6:35 PM - “As far as I am concerned, this is the best thing you have posted so far.”
Posted on The Phantom of "Corruption" in Afghanistan (Updated) November 21, 2009 6:20 PM - “I was going to provide a link to Aretha Franklin singing "It's Raining Men" but the gravity of the situation”
Posted on Where's the outrage? An anthem for the working class November 21, 2009 6:17 PM - “MBH, It doesn't surprise me that there are more recommendations than comments so far because you have calmly walked into”
Posted on Background Without Foreground: The Cause of Irrational Fear November 21, 2009 4:14 PM - “You go to war with the army you have.”
Posted on Joe Lieberman cares about the working families of America November 19, 2009 7:52 PM - “The more direct link is: http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.php”
Posted on Slide Show of the the 17 Richest Members of Congress November 19, 2009 7:14 PM - “The fifth amendment clearly declares there is a way for the state to take away a right. The need to”
Posted on An interesting take on the sheikh November 19, 2009 6:38 PM











