Here's George Will, the inventor (albeit not the chief practitioner) of "strong government conservatism," sniffing disdainfully at Ron Paul, Congress's one and only consistent advocate of good old-fashioned "small government conservatism," as "a cheerful...
We all know what makes presidents great, right? Taking a partial cue from Jesse Walker, I'll list my 10 worst presidents in American history. Bush Jr. and Clinton are barred from competition. The links make for good holiday reading if you're off, and anyway, it's been...
Clark Stooksbury gets out front on what could be the hottest campaign since Irey '06. Oh, wait...
Nearly everyone at Antiwar.com receives email that accuses us of not covering the good deeds down in Iraq. We "look only at the negative" or "ignore all the positive." Financial blogger Barry Ritholtz found a similar email in his inbox recently. He writes of it: I...
Arthur Silber reads David Brooks, and finds him saying the darnedest things: Brooks then describes how "order" and "obedience" will save us individually, and society in general, from our own depravity. He also says: "Iraq has revealed what human beings do without a...
TomDispatch brings you Roger Morris' two-part history of Donald Rumsfeld: 1, 2.
The Secretary of State of the United States of America is shocked, angered and surprised that the Mahdi Army and Badr Corps milita men she hired won't invade their own neighborhoods and kill themselves. From the AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iraqi...
Republicans: "If you Democrats are serious, vote to de-fund the 'war'." Democrats: "You just want us to vote to de-fund the war. Well, we'll fix your butts - - - we're not GOING to de-fund the war. In fact, we're not even going to propose a RESOLUTION to de-fund the...
Is Palestine a high school full of tantrum-throwing teenagers? I don't know why I'm only now compelled to bitch about this odd situation wherein Israel will not stop sanctioning, roadblocking, kidnapping, squatting on, shooting, and bombing the Palestinians and their...
James Bamford discusses NSA wiretapping and Iran.
