Bond. James Bond.

Encore is running a James Bond marathon today, and several of the films they're showing are on my to-get list. So far today I've added "Dr. No" and "Diamonds Are Forever" to my collection, and "Goldfinger" and "From Russia With Love" are coming up.

There's often a considerable gap between the time I acquire a movie and the time I actually get around to watching it, but I think I'm going to watch "Dr. No" pretty soon. One of the storylines on Irregular Webcomic is a parody of that movie, and I suspect I'll enjoy it more once I've seen the film.

Skowronek: Implications

In a couple of earlier posts, I've discussed the political paradigm put forward by Stephen Skowronek in The Politics Presidents Make. I'd like to take a look at some of the implications of the paradigm as regards the last few presidencies, under the cut. (I will be looking at things under the assumptions of that paradigm, of course; my conclusions, thus, will not be more accurate than those assumptions, and of course may well be less.)

( Gauging the Cycle )