It’s still very hard to fathom how something like this can happen, even accidentally. I realize that there are occasional bureaucratic snafus in any multi-layered system, even one as sophisticated as the U.S. military, but I simply cannot wrap my head around the notion that an Air Force bomber accidentally flew six cruise missiles armed […]
On “The Tonight Show” last night, Jay Leno asked Fred Thompson why he’d decided to skip the GOP debate in New Hampshire. “I’ll do my share, but I don’t think it’s a very enlightening forum, to tell you the truth,” Thompson said. As it turns out, as is usually the case, Thompson was wrong. I’d […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Jaw-dropper from the AP: “A B-52 bomber was mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads during a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The bomber carried advanced cruise missiles as part of a Defense Department program to retire 400 of the missiles, the Military Times said.” […]
The twists and turns are coming quickly on the Larry Craig story. In the latest news, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.), who just last week said the charges against Craig were “unforgivable,” told reporters today that he’s spoken to Craig and discussed the Idaho Republican’s plan to return to the chamber. Sen. Larry Craig […]
American Enterprise Institute “military analyst” Fred Kagan is not exactly a neutral observer when it comes to the president’s “surge” strategy. In fact, Kagan is perhaps best known for being the architect of the surge, crafting the policy in 2006 as an alternative to the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations. While the ISG said “sustained increases […]
When Sen. Larry Craig’s (R-Idaho) team started letting reporters know late yesterday that the senator was reconsidering his resignation, there was some talk that Craig was floating a trial balloon, seeing what kind of reaction the rumors received. As of this afternoon, this is no trial balloon; Craig is seriously trying to mount a comeback. […]
Though never quite as well known as his brethren in Virginia (Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson), televangelist D. James Kennedy led a religious right powerhouse for a generation, creating a megachurch in South Florida, a $37 million evangelical multimedia empire, the Center for Reclaiming America, the Center for Christian Statesmanship, and a major annual religio-political […]
The president is in Australia this week and apparently spent most of yesterday trying to rally support for Prime Minister John Howard, an ideological ally of Bush. At a press conference, the president said of Howard, “I wouldn’t count the man out. As I recall, he’s kind of like me. We both have run from […]
The horrifying news is that three suspected terrorists in Germany were apparently poised to conduct some very deadly acts. The encouraging news is that German officials apprehended the would-be killers and disrupted their plot. The police in Germany have arrested three Islamic militants suspected of planning large-scale terrorist attacks against several sites frequented by Americans, […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Eight of the nine Republicans presidential hopefuls will meet for a debate in New Hampshire tonight, with only Fred Thompson preferring Jay Leno’s couch to the GOP forum. The debate starts at […]