Lawyers, Guns & Money

On the latest episode of LGM’s Oral History of the Blogosphere, Dave and I spoke with Russell Arben Fox of I n Media Res . This was a wide-ranging conversation on what discourse in the early blogosphere was like, with special attention to what amounted to “niche” blogging spaces, although of course we find that “niche” depends to great extent on the beholder. We also...

On the latest LGM podcast we return to our Oral History of the Blogosphere series! Joining Scott, Dan and myself in honor of our 22nd anniversary celebration was Dr. Jacob Levy, early blog pioneer and veteran of a great number of websites. Our discussion included his work at Jacob Levy and Bleeding Heart Libertarians , the now defunct Open University, and the Niskanen Center. At the latter he penn...

On the latest LGM Podcast, I spoke with LGM alum Dave Brockington about the travails of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We began with the heady days of July 2024, when Labour won a victory of historic magnitude and seemed to have clear sailing to build a new British politics. Dave pointed out that Labour’s victory was less substantial that it seemed, and that the stars and the selves have since...

On the latest LGM Podcast I spoke with Dr. Stephanie Carvin of Carleton University about the present and future of Canadian security policy. This includes the “potluck” analogy about the future of security cooperation, divergent ideological paths between the Washington and Ottawa, the Alberta Annoyance, the future of NATO, the entanglement of the US and Canadian defense industrial base...

On the latest LGM podcast I had the opportunity to speak with LGM’s Senior Latin America Correspondent, Dr. Colin Snider of the University of Texas at Tyler. We discussed the diplomatic impact of the operation to seize President Maduro, then talked a bit about how the conflict between President Trump and Pope Leo has played out in Latin America. We then chatted about the politics of the Sout...

This afternoon Dan, Cheryl and myself (the LGM NatSec Gang) talked through the state of affairs in the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Our agenda: Where we are (quick run down of the situation as we understand it) Weirdness of a cease-fire that allows both sides to pretend they aren’t at war when they’re both committing acts of war Leadership incoherence on both s...

It is difficult for me to characterize what Scott, Elizabeth, and myself discussed on the latest LGM podcast, better known as “the tightest 117 minutes in the history of podcasting.” Our writ was to discuss the latest Paranoid Style album, “ Known Associates ,” as well as to talk about Elizabeth’s contribution of liner notes to The Replacements’ Let it Be: Delux...

On the latest LGM podcast, Dave and I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Michael Strausz, long-term friend of the blog and Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. Mike works on Japanese politics, and so the podcast focused mainly on the recent Japanese election, although we digressed into a variety of topics associated with the Japanese political scene, including national...

On the latest LGM Podcast Erik, Scott, and myself sum up the state of the NFL in the days before Superbowl LX. We talk through the coaching changes that have ensued since Black Monday, ruminate on the failure of Bill Belichick to make the Hall of Fame on his first try, review the games of Championship Weekend, and project some expectations for the least likely Super Bowl in NFL history. Transcript...