Headline Of The Day

The State Of The Union Is Pointless

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

ISA v. Blogs

Volokh Takes The Boeing

On the day that news broke that Ezra Klein and Wonkblog are leaving the Washington Post, the Volokh Conspiracy made its debut there.

Ezra Klein Going Solo

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

Jawa Report Turns 10

Blogging has changed much over the last decade, and not all for the good.

Ronald Mataconis, 1937-2014

Our profound condolences to Doug Mataconis on the loss of his father.

The Coffee Insurgency?

The Economist reports that “The coffee insurgency” is winning.

‘We Thought He Was Going To Be The Next Messiah’

The President is neither messiah nor devil, and the media does the public no favors when it treats him as either.

Obama Ending 2013 On A Rough Note

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

One Month?

Is Iran really just one month from producing a nuclear weapon?

Norman Geras, 1943-2013

Norman Geras, scholar and blogger extraordinaire, has passed.

Obama Didn’t Try To Scare Americans Over Syria, Except When He Did

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

Brilliant

Question About Syria

Monkey Cage Moving to Washington Post

The award-winning political science group blog The Monkey Cage is moving under the masthead of the Washington Post:

Starting at Command and Staff College

Today will be my first day at Marine Command and Staff College.