National fuckin' champions, baby!

Two teams, one title: Kansas WINS

The sweetest victories are the ones your work fuckin' ass off for.



Nice job, boys.

A real debate

An interesting read from Henry Kissinger.

The Three Revolutions

"...The quest for a single, all-inclusive remedy is chimerical. In a world in which the sole superpower is a proponent of the prerogatives of the traditional nation-state, where Europe is stuck in halfway status, where the Middle East does not fit the nation-state model and faces a religiously motivated revolution, and where the nations of South and East Asia still practice the balance of power, what is the nature of the international order that can accommodate these different perspectives? What should be the role of Russia, which is affirming a notion of sovereignty comparable to America's and a strategic concept of the balance of power similar to Asia's? Are existing international organizations adequate for this purpose? What goals can America realistically set for itself and the world community? Is the internal transformation of major countries an attainable goal? What objectives must be sought in concert, and what are the extreme circumstances that would justify unilateral action?

This is the kind of debate we need, not focus-group-driven slogans designed to grab headlines."

I don't know if I agree with his analysis completely (I'd have to do a more thorough critique at another time), but I like that he's thinking.

And that last line is undoubtedly true. We need a real debate and not the bullshit we've been settling for.