WAS THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION A GOOD THING? Brian Leiter isn’t so sure: “Finally, certain other world-historic crimes, such as the U.S. war of aggression against Iraq, are unlikely to have occurred if the Soviet Union had remained intact.”

You know, Leiter doesn’t particularly like me, and after reading this statement, I care even less than I did before. Which is something of an accomplishment. . . .