Archive: August 2016

South China Sea

Better know an apocalypse: South China Sea edition (August 31, 2016)

China’s sweeping territorial claims in this region are not new. What is new is her willingness to press them

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This blog is now secure by default (August 30, 2016)

JWM flips the switch for 100% HTTPS

The Cartel

Book review: “The Cartel” (August 29, 2016)

A not-great but not-awful Mexican narco-noir

Slate Conservative Pundit Tracker

Why Donald Trump is going to lose, in one image (August 27, 2016)

A divided GOP, illustrated

The Peripheral

Book review: “The Peripheral” (August 26, 2016)

Classic Gibson, but hobbled by a too-clever-by-half beginning

Tao te Ching: A New English Version

Books I love: Stephen Mitchell’s “Tao Te Ching: A New English Version” (August 25, 2016)

One of the very few books I’ve read that legitimately changed my life