October 25, 2007
A First Life is Optional
I have a column on the state of the virtual world of Second Life at TCSDaily.com today. (It's part of my continuing quest to burnish my nerd credentials.)
Boo, Chump
I cover the latest developments in the Scott Beauchamp saga in today's AmSpec column.
October 15, 2007
Soft Partition/Federalism etc.
Since I've been writing a lot on this topic, I thought it might be a good idea to collect the links in one place. I'll try to keep adding to this.
My AmSpec column on how the surge is paving for a soft partition the way by building up local institutions
A response to Jim Antle's skeptical take on the idea
Comments on the Biden amendment on the eve of its passage
My Brainwash column speculating that we'll soon be debating not whether to move in this direction, but rather how best to do it
A note that parliamentary pushback against devolution of their powers isn't too surprising
A response to reports of Iraqi opposition to partition, noting that the Iraqis don't seem to quite understand the plans being kicked around in Washington -- and that talk of such plans could conceivably scare politicians in Baghdad toward progress on national reconciliation.
October 01, 2007
The Next Iraq Debate
As soft partition becomes the consensus position in Washington, we'll soon be arguing about how to do it -- or so I posit in Brainwash today.