Month: July 2007

The Democratic Leadership Council is putting a brave face on a big defeat. While the top 5 Democratic presidential contenders will all appear at next week’s Yearly Kos convention in Chicago, none of them are scheduled to...

I spent the bulk of my day today reading congressional testimony and otherwise researching the history of the NSA’s so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). You can expect a broader piece on this issue...

My new theory is that John McCain owed his popularity almost completely to Don Imus. And with Imus relegated to the David Duke Hall of Broadcasting Shame, John McCain has no base. I think Bob Dole might agree. “My heart...

. PM al-Maliki Relations with Petraeus Poor (Army Times/AP) July 27 – A tangle of issues confront the three men, and none of them present clear or easy solutions: — Prime Minister Al-Maliki, a Shiite who spent years...

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. It’s a revered institution even if the ever-silly Princeton Marching Band occasionally jumps in...