Netiquette: How to Befriend a Blogger
My first piece for The Politico, co-authored with Adfero's Jeff Mascott, is out. They've titled it, "Netiquette: How to befriend a blogger." A better title would probably be, "7 Tips for Staying off Bloggers' Spam Lists."Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 9, 2007 23:18
Preparing for the Next War
My first article for The New Individualist, "Preparing for the Next War," has finally gone online. It was written in February and published in the April issue, which hit the streets in late March. Here's the intro: “Perhaps there is no great point in recalling all the tragic and idiotic blunders, all the false optimism, all the unrealism of the first ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 9, 2007 10:45
Depoliticizing Crime and Decriminalizing Politics
My latest for TCS Daily, "Depoliticizing Crime and Decriminalizing Politics," is up. The intro: "The recent flap over the Bush Administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys has demonstrated the escalation of two related and unfortunate trends in American politics: the politicization of crime and the criminalization of politics." Much more at the link.Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 23, 2007 14:25
Army as Border Patrol
AP's John Milburn examines the use of active duty U.S. Army forces to help patrol our border with Mexico. I was interviewed for the piece to provide reaction to the argument that such use would help "train" the military. By providing extra eyes and ears for agents, helicopter crews from Fort Riley and Fort Carson, Colo., were learning to operate ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 23, 2007 11:34
Following Al Gore’s Example for Energy Use
My latest for TCS Daily, "Following Al Gore's Example for Energy Use," is now up. It's my reaction to the Al Gore's Big Giant House meme that swept the blogosphere overnight. An excerpt: Regardless of what Al Gore preaches about these matters, the way he lives strikes me as reasonable. He was of the manor born, to be ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 27, 2007 16:35
Saban’s Pay is Inconsequential
The Tuscaloosa News picked up my TCS Daily piece on the economics of college coaching pay, publishing a slightly longer version under the headline, "Saban’s pay is inconsequential" in today's edition.Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 14, 2007 09:48
Kennedy, Congress, and the Surge
Senator Edward Kennedy yesterday outlined in a speech to the National Press Club and a column at the Huffington Post his arguments for a bill to “prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States Forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007″ absent specific congressional authority to do otherwise. His stated goal is ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 10, 2007 10:41
Nick Saban’s Salary
My latest for TCS Daily, "Crimson with Envy: Why Nick Saban Makes More Than Your Kid's Teacher," is posted. It was sparked by the USA Today headline "Alabama: 45th in helping kids, No. 1 in paying coach" and other criticisms of the eight year, $32 million salary my alma mater paid to lure Saban away from the NFL's Miami ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 9, 2007 07:36
Time for the Commission to Ban Commissions
My first piece for the Washington Examiner, "Time for the commission to ban commissions" is out/up.Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 6, 2006 08:46
How About a Commission to End Commissions?
My latest for TCS Daily, "How About a Commission to End Commissions?" is up. Washington is eagerly awaiting the report from the Iraq Study Group, headed by former Bush 41 Secretary of State James Baker and Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton, to point the way out of the war in Iraq. Sure, there are tens of thousands of years of professional military ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 4, 2006 11:49
Human Events – How Republicans Can Get Back on Track
My latest for Human Events, "How Republicans Can Get Back on Track," is posted. It's a slightly revised version of thoughts I posted here yesterday morning.Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 10, 2006 07:54
TCS Daily – The Most Important Culture War
My latest for TCS Daily, "The Most Important Culture War," is up. It discusses the new Army-Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual and argues that bureaucratic inertia, not lack of knowledge, is the real problem. The Army, especially, has a long historical memory. Too many times in its history, it has been sent off to fight wars with an undermanned, under-equipped, under-trained ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 17, 2006 07:44
TCS Daily – An Intelligent Reading of the NIE
My latest for TCS Daily, "An Intelligent Reading of the National Intelligence Estimate," is up. It takes a look at the Key Findings from the controversial National Intelligence Estimate released earlier this week and finds a very mixed bag.Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 29, 2006 07:44
TCS Daily – I Know You Are But What Am I?
My latest for TCS Daily, "I Know You Are But What Am I?," is up. It takes a look at the game of tit-for-tat character assassination being employed between George Allen and Jim Webb in their campaign for the Senate. The close: Instead of trying to tear the other man down, why not try instead to campaign on doing ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 19, 2006 06:05
Op-Ed in Asharq Alawsat
David Perlmutter, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies & Research at the University of Kansas's School of Journalism & Mass Communications, and I have written an op-ed on peace in the Middle East. The piece appears in today's Asharq Alawsat. David is author of VISIONS OF WAR, blogs at PolicyByBlog, and was the author of a much-linked piece ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 15, 2006 00:30
