Noahpinion on hiatus until 9/15

Posted by | 9:42 AM
Noahpinion is undergoing a temporary hiatus until September 15, while I cram for my prelim tests...Check back after the 15th!

Here comes trouble

Posted by | 5:39 PM
In the most recent issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, Azar Gat writes : Today's global liberal democratic order faces two challenges. T...

Europe laps us

Posted by | 8:22 PM
While the U.S. flounders in paranoid post-9/11 confusion, Europe is grabbing the talented Indian workers necessary to sustain both its popul...

A step in the right wrong direction

Posted by | 7:52 AM
A couple days ago, the Bush Administration announced that, with immigration reform obviously dead, the administration will begin cracking do...

Go teach yerself ta fish

Posted by | 5:02 PM
Matt Yglesias speaks a few words in support of rich-country aid to poor countries: Economic growth is a crucial thing, especially for despe...

Go ahead, I triple dog dare you

Posted by | 5:25 PM
Today, China's government reacted to the threat of impending U.S. legislation that would punish China for keeping its currency underval...

Depends on what you mean by "working"...

Posted by | 8:45 PM
Here's a post by Brad Setser explaining why China's fixed exchange rate policy "isn't working" - as in, the peg isn...

There is such a thing as a stupid question

Posted by | 7:40 AM
Goundbreaking new research finds that... people have sex because it's fun ! For this amazing study, a team of researchers compiled a lis...

So Passeth the Jewish Golden Age

Posted by | 4:54 PM
I you have 10 minutes to spare, I recommend watching this mini-documentary by Max Blumenthal, in which he visits the Christians United for ...

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Posted by | 7:21 AM
Writing in American Prospect magazine, Dana Goldstein analyzes the identity politics of the Harry Potter books . According to her, " J....

My Take on the Dems

Posted by | 6:59 PM
But first, the coolest article of the day: Men who marry smart women are happier . (Of course, there's an endogeneity bias there; smart ...

Bye bye oil!

Posted by | 9:24 AM
Just thought I'd flag this post at The Oil Drum . For the past two years, the National Petroleum Council (big American oil companies) ha...