This should be the lead story on all of the television networks tonight, but it won't be. President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Corporal Jason Dunham The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor a President can bestow. The Medal is given for gallantry in the face of an enemy attack that […]
It appears we've finally gotten to the bottom of the mysterious case of the Associated Press' Iraqi Police Capt. Jamail Hussein. In short, the AP foisted off a pseudonym on the public without informing anyone, in violation of basic journalistic standards. Journalism. Wound. Self-inflicted.
Fourteen Carter Center advisers have quit over Jimmy's book. *UPDATE* Here is the text of the letter courtesy of the Wall Street Journal. Letters Sent by Carter Board Members January 11, 2007 3:35 p.m. Below, the text of two letters sent Thursday, Jan. 11, by members of the Carter Center Board of Councilors. Dear fellow […]
Former President Carter has lost another longtime ally due to his false, defamatory and disgusting book. You can find the entire letter from Melvin Konner, a doctor and professor at Emory University here. The whole thing is devastating, but I wanted to highlight this bit: I will call your attention to a sentence on p. […]
President Bush Wednesday night laid out his plans for a troop "surge" in Iraq as part of an effort root out terrorists in Baghdad. (I say terrorists and not "insurgents" because the primary target nowadays of the violence is Iraqi civilians, not American "occupying forces.") It's obvious that mistakes have been made in pacifying Iraq. […]