A security election take three
08/15/2006
It was eerily familiar. Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman announce their intention to focus the election around security. Ignoring the fact that he cut before he had the chance to…
The Lieberman lessons
08/08/2006
Once again, dear reader, you have the advantage: writing Monday about a Tuesday election, you know the results as you read, but I do not as I write. Whatever the…
All I need to know about Middle East
08/01/2006
To paraphrase the title of a popular self-help book: All I really needed to know about the Middle East I learned from one meeting. Openly reported, it took place July…
The case against proportionality
07/25/2006
Critics of Israel’s performance in the Hezbollah War argue their attacks are not “proportionate” because more Lebanese have died than Israelis. This twisted use of the concept of proportionality is…
The cultural stem-cell alignment
07/18/2006
While war dominates the headlines, a congressional debate is occurring that, within a decade, will be seen as a political turning point. In the stem-cell debate, Democrats are playing our…
On foreign policy, Bush wimps out
07/11/2006
George Bush is acting like a wimp, and it is endangering the security of our country. I never really thought I would write those words, but today I can,…
Why we should begin to leave Iraq
07/04/2006
“Stay the course” is not a plan for Iraq – especially because no one can even define the course we are urged to stay. Republican sloganeering covers up a failure…
Orwell visits the debate over Iraq
06/27/2006
No one listening to the recent Iraq debate can doubt the final triumph of Orwellian Newspeak. The commentary revealed widespread acceptance of language as a tool to obfuscate, manipulate and…
No bounce from Bushs best week ever
06/20/2006
Sometimes your best just isn’t good enough. No matter how well I do, for instance, I will never get near a 9.4-second 100-yard dash. President Bush has been crowing about…
Tax cuts arent either-or to voters
06/13/2006
In their illuminating study of Republican manipulation, professors Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson argue that “the 2001 tax cuts did not pass because ordinary voters wanted them.” In supporting their…