Month: September 2007

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

It’s a cold and rainy, overcast day here in Romania which seems appropriate because a man I’ve had the privilege to know has died.   Tomorrow I will go to his funeral in a small village near here so we can lay...

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Dems: The Road to 75 Senators

Every two years a third of the Senate comes up for re-election. This inoculates the Senate from the kind of dramatic shifts that sometimes occur in the House, where all seats are up for grabs every two years. However, the...

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Dems: The Road to 72 Senators

Every two years a third of the Senate comes up for re-election. This inoculates the Senate from the kind of dramatic shifts that sometimes occur in the House, where all seats are up for grabs every two years. However, the...

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Clowns To The Left, Jokers To The Right

    There has been a subtle change going on in Iraq for the last couple of months. The change has been so subtle you may have missed it. In an effort to position itself in the event of a withdrawal from Iraq, this...

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