Month: February 2008

Global No-Confidence Vote: Week 4

All the news points to another dismal week in the markets.  Yahoo is going to tell Microsoft to get bent, Hugo Chavez is telling Bush’s oil buddies to get bent, and Asian and European markets are in the process of...

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Wiping Gaza from the map

There is a debate currently raging in official Israeli circles on how to deal with the Qassam rockets from Gaza. At the dovish end of the spectrum, we have Vice Premier Haim Ramon, former Minister of Justice, arguing against a...

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How Obama Expands the Field

The following five states are states that have already held Democratic primaries (as opposed to caucuses) that Sen. Barack Obama won. They are all southern or border states that held Senate elections in 2002 and all of them...

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