Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
As a tribute to Bill Kristol’s profound wrongness, I feel the need to start a list of Bill Kristol facts, similar to the Chuck Norris facts. (But the Jack Bauer facts can kick the ass of the Chuck Norris facts.)
Bill Kristol packed skis for a December vacation in New Zealand.
Bill Kristol’s SAT score [...]

By Mona
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Thoreau, I know absolutely nothing about physics beyond junior high science, and guarantee I’d earn an F- on any exam you administer. Does your Physics Dept. need any more profs, cuz like, I could use the job; by today’s standards I am very qualified and you couldn’t find better.
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Which bring [...]

Leon Hadar, in an article completed before the Bhutto assassination, writes about the utter failure of Bush Administration Pakistan policy, and about the utter fraudulence of Benazir Bhutto as tribune of liberal civilian rule.
There is an Iraq angle here. Five and six years ago I understood that al Qaeda’s grand strategy centered on Pakistan, because [...]

By Thoreau
William Kristol, a man who is so profoundly wrong that he looks West each morning to see if the sun will come up, is going to be a NY Times columnist. Say what you will about the Times, but that’s a pretty sweet gig for a guy whose SAT score was lower than [...]

By Thoreau
I have a confession about something that I’ve alluded to: As intrigued as I am by a lot of the new curriculum reforms out there, and although I’ve made a few tentative steps in those directions myself, I’m deeply skeptical of the Physics Education Research community. Now, a good friend of mine [...]

By Thoreau
As I understand, it’s being said by some (for reasons of fact and/or convenience) that Al Qaeda is behind the attack on Benazir Bhutto.  Now, normally I’d be the first to remind everybody that Al Qaeda is just a name of convenience that the authorities attach to any group of 2 or more angry [...]

Lawrence Kaplan writes about the US Army’s acclimatization to – and enmeshment in – Iraq.
Thanks to D. Moon for the pointer.

By Thoreau
Just because Benazir Bhutto was killed, that doesn’t mean there has to be any political fallout. They could still pretend that she’s alive, couldn’t they?
I’m thinking something like “Weekend at Bhutto’s.” A buddy comedy about two losers from Peshawar who save Pakistan from extremists and negotiate a transition away from military rule, [...]

By Thoreau
The latest issue of the open-access journal Public Library of Science Biology has an article comparing mathematical abilities in monkeys and college students.
Was somebody poaching data from my final exams?
(Just kidding, they actually did pretty well.)

By Mona
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But my belated gift is this: don’t miss reviews of Jonah Goldberg’s opus: Liberal Fascism: From Black Lightbulbs to Jack LaLanne. See especially James Wolcott’s detailed analysis of Goldberg’s scholarly masterpiece here, and the many trenchant and (embarrassingly fawning) reviews at Sadly, No! to be found here, here, here, here, here, [...]