Month: February 2009

No surprise that the Washington Post happily published this piece of Establishment CYA by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey. I swear that for the people that live inside the Beltway there is no crime abhorrent enough to...

The Wall Street Journal editorial board.

Urgency has a strange way of making people more pragmatic.  In the context of a crisis, outdated prejudices become stumbling blocks and, consequently, not so deeply held.  It’s surprising, then, that it took the...

The White House has released a series of documents (all in .pdf form) that can help you understand the estimated impact of the stimulus package in your district and state. The “estimates are derived from an analysis of the...

It is probably rare to see Juan Cole (Informed Comment) this up in arms over Gaza, its aftermath, especially the effect of Israel’s continuing siege on the pain and suffering of Gaza’s wounded children. When Israel...