Month: September 2006

Jimmy Carter Speech on Human Rights (1977)

Torture and illegal domestic warrantless surveillance are UNAMERICAN. HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN POLICY (1977) Jimmy Carter Few presidents in modern times have been as devoted to the goal that American foreign policy should...

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Tester: I Want to Get Rid of It

Way back when, Markos and Bowers got on the Jon Tester bandwagon. At the time, I didn’t really understand why they were getting behind the underdog in a Democratic primary in the far-off state of Montana. There may have...

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The Mustache is Out

Steve Clemons reports that John Bolton’s confirmation is dead. Apparently, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has cancelled its business meeting this afternoon and that was the last chance Bolton had to get through to...

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George Allen’s Career Should Be Over

If George Allen gets reelected there is something really wrong with Virginia. Back in the spring, The New Republic broke the story that Allen had worn a confederate flag pin on his lapel for his high school yearbook picture. For...

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