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Complicity
The delirium in the press at Tim Russert's passing has been strange. As a broadcaster he was not much better than average, which is saying very little. He could be a sharp questioner, but not when it really counted and w… -
How it really goes down
Over the past several weeks, there has arisen a palpable and coordinated shift among the Washington establishment to blame Iraq's problems on Prime Minister Maliki and to suggest that salvation lies in his replacement. T… -
Winning and Losing
The Iraqi soccer team won the Asian Cup. This just sums it all up: The coach, Jorvan Vieira - a Brazilian who in one month transformed a disparate and divided team forced to train in Jordan - paid tribute to the team'… -
Chickenhawks
Max Blumenthal goes to the College Republican convention to find out what's keeping our brave GOP stalwarts from the battlefield. The result? Generation Chickenhawk. Prevailing reason? "Medical disqualififcation." … -
No Honor, No Degree
Students and faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst booed Andy Card, former Bush chief of staff, for two minutes. Card was one of the architects of the Iraq war,and U Mass Amherst was presenting him with an ho… -
Not Getting Through
Juan Cole has received a tip about the situation in the Green Zone: We don't have enough convoys to give our troops three hot meals a day. Link -
Violence of Action
Examining the VA Tech massacre The last few weeks have seen commentators focus on various aspects of the VA Tech Massacre, from mental health , to guns, to loners. A thorough examination of the situation however, show… -
The Wisdom of Our Leaders
Apparently the regular readers and commenters at this blog probably understand more about the situation in the Middle East than some of our Congressional leaders: Civil War And Hezbollah? I asked him. What are they? "H… -
Just....
read this: American soldiers do live within self-imposed bubbles of isolation. These are called American bases and are where the greatest percentage of soldiers live and never leave. These bubbles are far different from…
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