I know Bush has soured relations with Canada over the last few years, but I didn’t realize it had come to this. As I noted a couple of weeks ago, foreign leaders have found that creating distance between themselves and the U.S. is suddenly a key to political success. In recent years, it’s worked in […]
I’ve seen quick reversals before, but this one was stunning. At 3:34pm (eastern), the AP ran an item explaining that the U.S. Army, hoping to trim its budget, will drop several key environmental protections. According to a May 11 memo obtained by The Associated Press, Army Maj. Gen. Anders Aadland wrote that the Army will […]
Republican leaders, who often seem to find international alliances more irritating than useful, have taken to openly mocking traditional U.S. allies. One gets the impression that they’re not only disinterested in maintaining international bonds with long-time friends, but they are actively seeking to break these bonds as quickly as possible. France bashing, of course, continues […]
For months, I have been hoping against hope that theocrat Roy Moore will accept the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination and become a critical counterweight to a certain former consumer advocate who shall remain nameless. It all made sense and, for a while, Moore seemed to be moving closer to accepting such a challenge. He had […]
As everyone now knows, John Kerry announced yesterday that he would not delay accepting the Dem nomination. I’m a little disappointed. I know the media was pounding him for the very possibility, but I considered it a very clever — and effective — idea. If you’re just getting in on this story, Noam Scheiber explained […]
We already know U.S. troops were sent into battle in Iraq without vehicle armor, body armor, and combat helmets. We also know that troops have been frustrated by the Pentagon’s unresponsiveness to requests for needed tanks, Bradleys, and other heavy vehicles. But is it really possible that the troops don’t have the bullets they need? […]
Even the most fiscally irresponsible presidential administration in U.S. history realizes it can’t just borrow and spend forever — eventually something has to give. If the federal government is going make any kind of effort to return sanity to its budget, officials will have to either cut domestic spending or reverse the reckless tax policies […]
I frequently want to take Dem leaders aside and make them write on a blackboard, 100 times, “John McCain will not be John Kerry’s running mate.” Dick Gephardt, himself a likely finalist for Kerry’s short list, was the latest to raise (and praise) the possibility, describing the Arizona Republican as a “very attractive figure in […]
I’m sure this isn’t the kind of news Treasury Secretary John Snow was hoping for upon releasing his first annual financial disclosure form. Oops. A red-faced Treasury Secretary John Snow, who has been going around the country preaching the importance of financial literacy, can now point to himself as a glaring example of what not […]
Speaking of the attorney general, it was heartening to see the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals uphold Oregon’s voter-approved law that allows doctors to help terminally ill patients commit suicide. It was even better to see the judges publicly rebuke John Ashcroft in the process. The Justice Department’s role in this matter was always rather […]