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Matthew Duss

Matthew Duss is a foreign policy analyst and a contributing writer for the Prospect. You can follow him on Twitter @mattduss.

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THE TRANSMITTER.

Matthew DussSep 07, 2007

THE TRANSMITTER. William F. Buckley praises Norman Podhoretz's World War IV, in which Rudy Giulani's foreign policy brain essentially argues that we should give bin Laden exactly what he wants, which is a war between Islam and the West.

The Rise and Stall of Van Halen

A new biography of the band that made metal marketable doesn't disappoint the fans, but leaves the serious guitar geeks wanting more.

Matthew DussSep 07, 2007

Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga by Ian Christe (Wiley, 320 pages)

"We play rhythm and blues, shot from cannons." --David Lee Roth

BAD SCIENCE, GOOD POLITICS.

Matthew DussSep 06, 2007

BAD SCIENCE, GOOD POLITICS. Ezra's posts on supply-side crackpottery reminded me of its similarity to another brand of crackpottery, intelligent design, specifically the way that supply-side theory and ID are both essentially cultural/political arguments dressed up as science.

MARTY'S WORLD.

Matthew DussSep 06, 2007

MARTY'S WORLD. Displaying the self-regarding presumption that is, after anti-Arab sentiment, his defining trait, Marty Peretz undertakes to instruct the Episcopal Church how to be more Christian:

IN WHICH I SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE, MALE FASHION, AND A NEW DRINKING GAME.

Matthew DussSep 06, 2007

IN WHICH I SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE, MALE FASHION, AND A NEW DRINKING GAME. The word for the night was Anbar. Anbar! Anbar! So much Anbar! I lost count. John McCain excepted, I suspect there's an inverse relationship between the frequency with which a candidate refers to "the success in Anbar province" and the likelihood that the candidate could find Anbar province on a map.

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