Month: December 2014

I spent most of the day doing editing work for the online launch of the January/February issue of the Washington Monthly. It should be ready to go by Monday morning, and you’ll love the cover story about man-eating polar...

I don’t know if it is really accurate to say that Pope Francis is splitting from the GOP, but he isn’t following their party line on abortion, contraception, gay rights, tax policy or climate change, primarily...

Another way of making Zandar’s point is to ask whether or not anyone would notice if the New York Police Department suddenly reduced its overall arrests by 66% and its issuance of traffic citations by 94%? And, if not,...

The resolution failed to get the 9 votes in favor with 5 abstentions and two NO votes: the US and Australia. Only Al Jazeera had a LIVE broadcast of this crucial UN vote. President Bush promised the Palestinians statehood by...

I’ve been swamped with WaMo duties, primarily getting our new January/February issue posted online so all you freeloaders can read it without getting a subscription to the print version. When I have a chance, I will be...