The Economist Comes Out Against Mitt Romney http://t.co/zvfceRR5 (via @delong) – Succinct. I tend to agree with the point they make here.

First off, let me say that I am pretty impressed by soldiers — I could never, ever do what they do, from the slogging through training to the horrors of war. But frankly, I’m kind of tired of the industry  [more...]

Ah, if only the president had read the October 2004 edition of National Geographic — of course, he was too busy scaring everybody to death in order to be re-elected. He’d have read, in great detail, all  [more...]