Month: May 2009

Stephen Hayes and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi

The Weekly Standard’s Stephen F. Hayes wrote a book: Cheney: The Untold Story of the Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President in American History. It is one of those ‘authorized’ biographies. Some call...

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Gates Axes Top General in Afghan War

. Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghan Warlord (TIME) – Public beheadings in Afghanistan are usually associated with the Taliban, but it was Defense Secretary Robert Gates metaphorically wielding the axe from the Pentagon...

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Small Banks Work When Big Banks Fail

I have my money in a small community bank. The local Bank of America (BOA)branch (used to be a local bank, than became part of Norstar, then Fleet, and now BOA) keeps trying to get me to open an account with them instead. Nope,...

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Can We Disown Harold Ford Jr.?

I don’t know if you watched Hardball tonight or not. Chris Matthews had a segment on torture with Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post and former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) as his guests. Matthews asked...

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