Opinion papers

The idea of keeping a blog going seems like a bad idea.  There isn't enough time in the day, and there already are too many out there.  Here's where I keep my wonkier thoughts, mostly regarding US National security policy.

Casualties, Summer Heat, and the Surge (8/07) 

Strange Brew: why it's harder than it used to be to develop a decent military doctrine 3/07)

It's Over, Admit It (1/07)


Learning to live with an Iranian nuclear weapon (4/06)   

Why we should leave Iraq, now...I think.  (1/06)

Egg Heads and Meat Heads (6/05)

Budget deficits  (1/05)

 Sports and the intellectual elite (1/05)

Class Day Speech (6/04) 

How (why) the Ivy League Could (should) be Free (7/04)

Remembering the 1994 Rwanda Genocide (5/04)

 Water and Israeli Security  (4/03)

The downside of ABM systems  (2/02)

Democracies and preventive war  (11/02)




Let me know if you have any suggestions or comments: stam at umich dot edu