Rational Grounds

July 28, 2009

'A New Hope' - 02:29 PM
I've got an idea. I've got a blog. That's not the idea, but I do have a blog and I'm just not using it. I simply don't have the energy or time to keep it updated. But I don't have...

September 22, 2006

'And We're Back' - 04:45 PM
Fulminating will recommence shortly. For now, I direct your attention to my summer blog home, the SIPA Switchboard (all except the most recent one), my guest post stint at TPM Cafe, and a phone interview reporting from Beirut with Anderson...

March 26, 2006

'Additions' - 08:54 PM
Just a quick note for all those of you who only come here for my exquisite wit and insight - the list on the left has changed a bit this semester. I've added some more international news sites to the...

December 08, 2005

'A Personal Note' - 06:25 PM
Just to fill you all (should that still be plural?) in on my finals schedule here at the end of my first grad school semester: Wednesday of last week: turned in 10 page paper on Iran Last weekend: Army-Navy game...

October 15, 2005

'Celebration!' - 11:32 AM
It's a strange milestone for a big posting dry spell, but yesterday was my 100th post. I'm so proud!...

September 20, 2005

'Point: Forces of Evil' - 09:10 AM
First, my apologies for not blogging recently. I have roughly 5000 pages of reading this semester, so that's not likely to change much in the intervening weeks and months. I should get restarted a bit by Christmas break, but I...

August 31, 2005

'One More Thing' - 09:14 AM
If anyone reading this (anyone?) knows why MT-Blacklist might all of a suddent stop blocking trackback spam, or how to delete trackbacks in MT (I just get a javascript error, "Object not found.") I'd greatly appreciate it....

August 22, 2005

'A Warning' - 07:18 AM
I prefer to do actual substantive writing on this blog, rather than the Heh-Indeed-link, stream-of-consciousness or snappy-snarky-comment styles that make for more rapid fire posting. I started with the goal of a post a day back in May, and I...

June 29, 2005

'Victory' - 05:57 PM
Let me be the millionth person to say this, but MT-Blacklist is absolutely wonderful. While Movable Type's "Delete Trackback" function appears to be blinkered, MT-Blacklist made quick work of the offending links and simultaneously banned the IPs linked to. I...

June 27, 2005

'Cleanup' - 06:13 PM
Hello again! I'm posting this from the airport in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I'm tanner, well rested, and a little irked that this place had so much wear and tear on it while I was gone. I've upped the post-retention time...

May 29, 2005

'And We're Back' - 08:17 PM
After a lenghty hiatus, Rational Grounds is back. Content to follow shortly....