The Conservative Political Action Conference in DC wrapped up today. I tromped down there Friday and got a few photos. There were heaps of books on Sarah Palin and several organizations touting her political future. Joe the Plumber was there, along with lots of people who retain faith in all the nation’s recent wars and [...]
Dennis Ross’ appointment was finally announced today. This appeared as a “press release†on the State Department’s website late this afternoon: Appointment of Dennis Ross as Special Advisor for The Gulf and Southwest Asia Robert Wood Acting Department Spokesman Washington, DC February 23, 2009 The Secretary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dennis B. [...]
Elliott Abrams just confirmed that he will be official mouthpiece of Bibi Netanyahu and his Likud Party at the Council on Foreign Relations and on the pages of The Weekly Standard (and probably in the Wall Street Journal, too). In reading the article, ironically entitled “The Path of Realism or the Path to Failure: Laying [...]
The “Obamameter” is the St. Petersburg Times new tool for following President Obama’s progress on completing his campaign promises. It’s very cute and handy, but is it any more reliable than the president? While checking in to the site this afternoon, I came across this in the “Promise Kept” section: “No. 125: Direct military leaders [...]
As first reported by Laura Rozen and subsequently confirmed by Chris Nelson, it appears that Chas Freeman has been appointed chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the body that is charged by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) with synthesizing the analyses of the entire U.S. intelligence community and producing National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) [...]
Since the collapse of Lehman, how many times have both politicians and pundits suggested that wars act as economic stimuli? Aren’t we taught that it was World War II that ultimately got the US out of the Depression? Worried that the US may not find any war(s) big enough to do the trick again? Well [...]
