Author: Jeff Huber

Bush: Hiding Behind the Troops

“The one thing I really take objection to…  Is politicians who try to put their political views into the mouths of soldiers.” –Senator James Webb (D-Virginia) This quote is my favorite line from the...

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Iraq and Summer Vacation

I swore I’d stay away from the war news for a week during my “vacation.”  I couldn’t do it.  It’s a dead skunk sort of thing: horrible to look at, but so hard to look away from.  ...

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Happy Energy Dependence Day

Can we ever rein in this president?  Last week, Arlen Specter introduced the Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2007.  The bill is designed to stop Mr. Bush’s use of signing statements that Specter calls an...

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Iran Ate My Homework

Michael R. Gordon of the New York Times is once again at the center of a mainstream media story that appears designed to get the Bush administration’s message out.  On Tuesday, Gordon and co-author John F. Burns gave...

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Permanent Bases

Once again, the Democrats are looking to ban pursuit of permanent military bases in Iraq.  Good luck to them, they’ll need plenty of it. John Kerry and other Democratic war critics have been calling for the Bush...

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