Month: April 2006

The latest Murray Waas paints a damning picture of the Vice-President’s role in l’affaire plame. I think it is pretty obvious that the Veep wanted it known that Wilson’s wife worked at the CIA. But let’s...

The economy is going to change basis from petroleum to…something else. The question is whether that basis is post-petroleum…or pre-historic. There may well be no in-between. See below the fold for more....

Short form: I came up with a scorecard for the performance of American armed forces in every major war since the Revolution, to identify what strengths and weaknesses carried the day in most conflicts, and which ones did not in...

Yay for Mythmother! She’s free at last!Time to celebrate! And how about another round of Friday Random Ten for the Left coasters? Open bar, courtesy of BooMan Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier)...

This list was inspired by a blurb by Will Durst on AlterNet called Bush the Leaker in Chief. Jim Carrey once introduced Nicholas Cage as “Risky Riskerson” because of all the risks he takes in his acting. So, Bush...