Month: December 2006

Anyone ever write an essay about what you did on your summer vacation in high school? If so, imagine the look on the teacher’s face upon learning that you built your own nuclear reactor out of common household materials,...

Rumsfeld issued a memo two days before he was sacked that acknowledged our strategy wasn’t working. You can read the whole memo here. Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a...

     January can’t come fast enough for the legislative wish list.  Forget inaugural affairs, I’m reserving a victory ballroom for the reversal of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.  Dance...

Welcome to the Froggy Bottom Lounge Make yourself at home. The bar is fully stocked. Newcomers and Lurkers are welcome!. Just jump right in and introduce yourself. We like to both shake AND stir things up around here! Please...

Disappointing: Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world’s heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high despite ongoing U.S.-sponsored eradication efforts, the Bush...