JOURNALISTS ARE STILL MISSING THE DOJ STORY….Here’s one more example of how the press still hasn’t woken up to the significance of the politicization of the Department of Justice. We’ve read plenty about the federal indictment of Chicago millionaire Antoin Rezko, a generous donor to Democrats in the state, and we’ve read even more about […]
T.A. Frank
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Look Who’s Hitched
Some couples you dont want to mess with. Maybe they trap you in a corner at parties, or maybe they call each other Bushie, or maybe the wife is a covert operative at the CIA specializing in weapons of mass destruction. In such cases, particularly the last of these, its best to keep a prudent […]
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The Woes of the Power Couple
THE WOES OF THE POWER COUPLE….I can’t say I feel that sorry for Paul Wolfowitz, and that’s mainly because he’s, well, Paul Wolfowitz. That said, I’m not yet persuaded that his alleged string-pulling for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, an employee at the World Bank, amounts to something that requires his resignation. (Several newspapers have now […]
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Asian Persuasion
These days, reading a book about a former presidentany former presidentcan be painful. One is reminded that the Oval Office, historically, has been restricted to occupants with the capacity for something resembling thought. Now that our current chief executive has broken this barrier, its a time of reassessments, and even Richard Nixon has begun to […]
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WMD TRAINING IN IRAQ:
WMD TRAINING IN IRAQ: The Washington Post reports that insurgents in Iraq are becoming increasingly expert at using chlorine bombs to kill large numbers of people. Forgive me for harping on this, but this makes our unsecured chemical plants at home a big problem. As is the fact the White House has effectively resisted efforts […]
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Dick Cheney’s Boy
DICK CHENEY’S BOY…. It looks like another member of the Cheney family is getting into trouble. This time, it’s DHS General Counsel Philip Perry, husband of Elizabeth Cheney and son-in-law of Dick Cheney. According to testimony yesterday by Government Accountability Office Comptroller David Walker, the DHS strategy of dealing with investigations is to “delay, delay, […]
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No shame
No Shame: So I visit a rundown zoo and see hyenas in miserable cages, lions in miserable cages, and antelopes in miserable cages. I’m disgusted by their conditions, so I attack the zookeepers and set the animals free. The lions eat the antelopes, the hyenas eat the antelopes (and sometimes the lions, too), and the […]
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The Mordor Study Group
JAMES BAKER: I want to thank you all for being here. We took some heat for our work on Iraq, but I still think most Americans thought it was valuable. Now, we turn our attention to a new problem. Again, our mandate isnt to examine how we got into Mordor or to rehash the intelligence […]
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HOW MUCH BROOKS TO BROOK
HOW MUCH BROOKS TO BROOK? I have to admit it: I read pretty much every David Brooks column. He’s often quite good, honestly. However, as many have pointed out, he also has a unique knack for being infuriating. And it?s easy to get baited into responding each time. (Today, for example, Brooks declares ($) himself […]
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No More Frist?
NO MORE FRIST? Looks like we’ll be deprived of a Bill Frist presidential run in ’08. That’s a shame, because a politician as entertainingly craven as Frist deserves to have a proper outlet for his talents. I was curious to see how he’d approach a national campaign in light of the midterms. Would he, for […]
