Happy birthday, Mr. President. You have no idea how much we miss you. Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the w...

Ah, primary season is in full swing.. Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the...

Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appe...

Seventy years young yesterday...rumble young man, rumble! Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council...

Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appe...

Welcome to the Watcher's Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the 'sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appe...

Having a bit of trouble slipping back into the blogging groove, but this perked me up no end. A Chinese furntiture retailer is busted apparently selling bogus high-end products by CCTV. And then: The July 10 2011 airing of "The...

Finishing a book manuscript, and so haven't had much time for serious blogging recently.  Nevertheless, would like to drag everyone's attention to Dmitry Gorenburg's excellent series on Russia's military relationship with India.  First part examines naval, second part ground and air, third part joint projects. There's a lot of interest here.  From a strategi...

This was and is Ms. Solent’s point about the whole thing. Mr Sumner’s blog not only revealed his market monetarism to the world at large (“I cannot go anywhere in the world of economics…without hearing his name,” says Mr Cowen). It also drew together like-minded economists, many of them at small schools some distance from

I was taking a break from blogging but the Guardian’s front-page today has pulled me out of hibernation, albeit temporarily. I find the Guardian’s political team’s willingness to breathlessly report on whatever Policy Network say a bit annoying, especially as they go on to ignore what others are saying. That a pamphlet from Policy Network