Tag Archives: British

Gordon Brown Endorses Obama?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Lee

Boy, this is an unwise move. Perhaps my Tory colleagues are right and Gordon really is tempermentally unfit to govern. It’s an enormous risk and a pointless one, in that it cannot help Obama. British interference in American governance…well, we … Continue reading →

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Postmodern Television

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Lee

So, is the British coach potato the perfect postmodern enthusiast?

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Why the Taliban Cease Fire Won’t Matter

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Published first at Registan.net, this is the culmination of some research I’ve been doing into the nature and history of Pashtun tribal militancy. It draws from a mixture of out-of-print ethnocgraphic and geographic surveys, as well as contemporary news accounts, … Continue reading →

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Asking for it

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Lee

Never tease a camel: Video.

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The Vanity of the State

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Lee

Andy Burnham, the UK’s Labour Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, was caught in thick mascara at Prime Minister’s Questions on Thursday (glamor shot here). It might seem a light affair, but the peril for the British public … Continue reading →

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