From Political Theory Daily Review, we have a defense of the French ban on headscarves, turbans, and skullcaps, by a member of the commission responsible for the original recommendation. It’s well worth reading, especially for anyone who plans on argui…

Mark Kleiman’s blog seems to be having a problem with its permalinks, but this entry is too goot to miss, so I’ll quote it in full. Today’s New York Times reports that the fall of the Baathist regime in Iraq…

I agree with Mark Kleiman that there is too much vitriol in the conversation about the War in Iraq. I don’t think that the vitiol will lessen. It will only increase since the decision to go, and consequences of, the