Author: danps

A new article in The Atlantic argues for a rebalancing of powers in the wake of the abuses of the last eight years, but what ails Washington cannot be cured by legislation. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning...

The president perhaps revealed more than he intended this week when he criticized other countries for avoiding any involvement with Guantánamo.  They did so for entirely sensible reasons, and by now the soundest legal...

Some key players in Washington are about to start life without their favorite scapegoat.  If the early signals are any indication they may have a lot more to lose by breaking with his policies than continuing them. For more...

The administration’s legacy is already being debated, and the biggest events of it may have too many variables for a definitive consensus to be settled on.  Some of the less well known stories may provide a great deal...

A CD’s worth of great songs from slightly off the beaten pathBEST MUSIC OF 2008IntroductionHere are my favorite songs this year from my RSS feeds. I use Sharp Reader as my aggregator but it requies the .NET framework,...