Month: February 2011

Are you ready for the Republican primaries? Are you ready for Newt 2.0?

It appears that the New York Times is cribbing off Matt Taibbi. I think that’s a good thing, although Taibbi might want some attribution. Either way, we’re still screwed.

With all the goings-on in Africa and Southwest Asia, Al Jazeera has become my newspaper of choice (though it’s not a newspaper…) much like the Financial Times did in the run-up to the current Iraq War.  Al...

It seems worth pausing to take note of this: WEST POINT, N.Y. — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war...