David Leheny
@davidleheny.bsky.social
Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
I’m sure I will! I remember chatting with you about your interest in this way back when…
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I’m sure I will! I remember chatting with you about your interest in this way back when…
The great @rjsamuels.bsky.social is here too!
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The great @rjsamuels.bsky.social is here too!
Pro bono monogatari
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Pro bono monogatari
As a Jets fan, I was rooting for him for specifically this reason.
February 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
As a Jets fan, I was rooting for him for specifically this reason.
I could make a case - maybe not a great case - for Kid Rock, given the amount of sheer mirth he's generated
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I could make a case - maybe not a great case - for Kid Rock, given the amount of sheer mirth he's generated
As long as they don't do that to the Turning Point USA alternative halftime show performers
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
As long as they don't do that to the Turning Point USA alternative halftime show performers
The Turning Point USA pregame show rocks
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The Turning Point USA pregame show rocks
Typically an explanatory guy and a second banana who agrees with everything. I think the baseball writers are more analytically savvy.
February 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Typically an explanatory guy and a second banana who agrees with everything. I think the baseball writers are more analytically savvy.
I think some of the local basketball and baseball announcing teams are actually pretty good, and more entertaining than their Japanese counterparts. But the national announcers are usually hopeless, with the Olympics being particularly dire.
February 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I think some of the local basketball and baseball announcing teams are actually pretty good, and more entertaining than their Japanese counterparts. But the national announcers are usually hopeless, with the Olympics being particularly dire.
I mean, I'm completely unqualified to weigh in on the quality of a figure skating performance in which no one falls face-first onto the ice, but it's not like as a once-every-four-years viewer I'm looking at it like, "my kid could do that"
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I mean, I'm completely unqualified to weigh in on the quality of a figure skating performance in which no one falls face-first onto the ice, but it's not like as a once-every-four-years viewer I'm looking at it like, "my kid could do that"