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December 2003

December 12, 2003

Reagan’s Bind

When I first read Paul Krugman's column in today's New York Times, I was disappointed...

December 04, 2003

Employing Iraqis

Fred Kaplan continues his insightful reporting on the occupation of Iraq with "More Dinars Please"...

November 2003

November 28, 2003

A trip to the airport

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank has the best article I've seen on the meaning and...

November 28, 2003

Saddam the Baptizer?

In a Washington Post article on the "spiritual struggle" of Democrats (about which more later),...

November 21, 2003

Attacks and attack ads

Jim Rutenberg reports in The New York Times on an upcoming Republican TV ad which...

November 20, 2003

Case Closed

Thanks to sensitive CIA reporting dating back to the Clinton administration, as revealed in a...

November 19, 2003

Conspiracy theory

Slate's Jack Shafer wonders why the mainstream press has been dismissive of Stephen F. Hayes'...

November 18, 2003

Mot juste

"U.S. agrees to international control of its troops in Iraq." That's the headline of an...

November 13, 2003

EPCOT on the Euphrates

Ariana Eunjung Cha continues to report on the cost-effective and, under the circumstances, heroic efforts...

November 12, 2003

Kill all the bad people

In Newsweek, we read this disturbing account of an Army chaplain's prayer: Then the battalion's...

November 12, 2003

Moving statistics

Winston Churchill noted that one mark of an educated person is the ability to be...

November 11, 2003

Yes, but the schools are open

Let's try to remember, first of all, that the schools in Iraq have been reopened....

November 04, 2003

Disgraceful

In an op-ed column in today's New York Times, David Brooks offers a preemptive defense...

October 2003

October 31, 2003

Half a bridge

A few weeks back, as the famous Iraqi schools were reopening, NPR ran a story...

October 30, 2003

Asking Questions

As the security situation in Iraq becomes more (to use the Bush administration's preferred term)...

October 28, 2003

Sforzian

"Sforzian" is Elisabeth Bumiller's term to describe the handiwork of: Scott Sforza, a former ABC...

October 26, 2003

Down the Tubes

"They were rockets. The tubes were used for rockets." That's from "Australian Brig. Gen. Stephen...

October 22, 2003

Thrilla in Manila

Harper's, James Pinkerton and Slate's Fred Kaplan all noted the disturbing historical precedent that President...

October 21, 2003

A Dangerous Man

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern is, like Joseph Wilson, both in a position to know...

October 21, 2003

Rhymes with “Mrs. Sharpie”

Atrios brings us this delightful observation from Barbara Bush, the queen mother: "Why should we...

October 21, 2003

The Good, the Bad and the Hackneyed

Congratulations to David Brooks of The New York Times who Saturday became the 100,000th pundit...

October 16, 2003

Leak-tantrum-leak

Atrios points out this delightfully absurd story from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Concerned about the appearance...

October 15, 2003

Gaza on the Tigris (cont’d.)

One of the Bush administration's talking points on the occupation of Iraq is to compare...

October 07, 2003

Early Returns

As the networks cover returns from California, you can be sure they'll offer projections, even...

October 07, 2003

One year before the war

Calpundit continues to be vital reading for keeping up with Leak-gate. (It probably helps to...

October 06, 2003

Sending a very clear signal

Tim Dunlop of Road to Surfdom provides some helpful clarity about the issues of consequence...

October 04, 2003

“Bring ’em on”

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the...

October 03, 2003

Happy Birthday Graham Greene

Missed these yesterday: Groucho Marx and Graham Greene share Gandhi's birthday, October 2. Ron suggested...

September 2003

September 30, 2003

Post profile of Joe Wilson

Richard Leiby's profile in tomorrow's Washington Post is going to make it harder for his...

September 30, 2003

Smear, smear again

Whatever virtue there may be to being disciplined and staying on message, that benefit doesn't...