Author: Cogitator

Has anyone read “Cobra II: the Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq” by Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor? Trainor has a military and journalism background and Gordon, currently with the New York...

Democracy is like a box of chocolates…never know what you’re gonna get…’ You don’t say, Forrest. It seems a majority of the American public feel that way right now. What they sniffed at, inspected,...

Public ignorance. Willful or not. This is our greatest threat–greater than terrorism, greater than nuclear proliferation, greater than environmental degradation. Public ignorance gets at the very heart of governance. For...

I’m sure Tim Russert, Chris Matthews and many others in the national press are just lining up, bursting to say and write kind and wonderful things about Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Howard Dean. If only they...

Continuing with our theme of competency, or lack thereof, permeating the entire Bush Administration, let’s zero in on national security, the supposed strength of GOP and punditocracy-determined bane of Democrats. News...