CIA, DIA, and State can’t find a ‘remarkable success story’ in Iraq

Less than two months ago, Dick Cheney insisted that the ongoing war in Iraq is a “remarkable success story.” He, apparently, is the only one who thinks so. The CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the State Department have warned President Bush that the United States and its Iraqi allies aren’t winning the battle against […]

Festivus … for the rest of us

It’s entertaining when life imitates art, particularly when the art is Seinfeld. Gather around the Festivus pole and listen to a tale about a real holiday made fictional and then real again, a tale that touches on philosophy, King Lear, the pool at the Chateau Marmont hotel, a paper bag with a clock inside and, […]