One would like to think that the Republican Party has advanced to the point in which a debate over torture would no longer be necessary, but we’re apparently not quite there yet. Given the circumstances, I suppose we should be pleased that there are still voices of opposition within the GOP at all. Rudy Giuliani’s […]
If you listen to White House officials, Iran’s nuclear-weapons program is already a reality. There’s no hesitation on the rhetoric — the program, top administration officials say, is an unfortunate reality that demands our immediate attention. As Dick Cheney recently put it, “Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting […]
For the last several decades, the Republican Party’s presidential nominating process has been relatively predictable. At least since the advent of the modern primary system, with the possible exception of 1980, the GOP nominee has either been an incumbent president, incumbent vice president, or the guy embraced early on as the establishment’s choice. Bruising primary […]