Most of the commentary in the mainstream media and the blogosphere is rather predictable and easily classified. However, for those who are interested, I wanted to highlight this piece by the Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon in Sunday's Washington Post: A Skeptic's Case For the Surge.
The man who replaced California Democrat Rep. Jane Harmon as the head of the House Select Committee on Intelligence doesn't appear to be one of the more thoughtful, responsible or stalwart political figures of our time. From the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) via National Review: From the office of Congressman Joe Wilson (R, SC): In […]
You don't have to read past the first sentence of this New York Times editorial to know that the rest is bunk. The tax system in the United States is supposed to mitigate inequality. A civics refresher course for the Times editors on the 16th Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect […]
Well, it looks as though we're now just one more short step from getting justice in the Duke lacrosse "rape" case: Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong has asked the North Carolina Attorney General for a special prosecutor to replace him. For some good analysis, I encourage you to check out K.C. Johnson's site: Durham-in-Wonderland. There's […]
Seriously, how in the h-e-double-hockeysticks did this guy get elected? From today's Senate hearing interrogation of Condoleezza Rice. Webb: I personally think it would be a bold act for George W. Bush to get on an airplane and go to Tehran in the same manner that President Nixon did. If the "Death to America" stuff […]
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. […]