Today’s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n
* James Steinberg, Bill Clinton’s deputy national security adviser and now dean of the Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, was spot-on<\/a> arguing that the North Korea crisis should prompt people to repeat Ronald Reagan’s most famous 1980 campaign line — “With respect to the axis of evil,” Steinberg said, “are you better off today than you were four years ago? . . . It’s clear that the answer is we’re worse off with respect to the nuclear proliferation problem in both North Korea and Iran than four to six years ago, and I would argue we’re worse off in our overall security because of the situation in Iraq.”<\/p>\n * Did Reuters really fire an editor for writing a book critical of Ann Coulter? It sure looks like it<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Remember Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham? The disgraced lawmaker who was exposed as a corrupt and greedy criminal? He apparently has written a very angry letter<\/a> to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the paper which helped send him to jail.<\/p>\n * Bush whined today<\/a> that Dems will raise everyone’s taxes. The comments drew widespread yawns.<\/p>\n * Right-wing lunatic Michael Savage has declared<\/a> that former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is a “traitor” who “should be tried for treason, and when she’s found guilty, she should be hung.” Because this is fairly routine rhetoric for conservative talk-show hosts, there will be no consequences.<\/p>\n * Speaking of conservative talk-show hosts, Bill O’Reilly thinks the Foley scandal is much ado about nothing. He thinks, however, that it’s better to start talking about celebrity abortions<\/a>. * Rick Santorum believes that anything that happens, anywhere, is proof of how we need to go to war against Iran<\/a>. (thanks to Rege for the heads-up on this one)<\/p>\n * Former House clerk Jeff Trandahl will spill the beans tomorrow, telling the House Ethics Committee what he knows about the Foley scandal. He will not<\/a>, however, be sharing his insights with the media.<\/p>\n * Rupert Murdoch, closet liberal<\/a>?<\/p>\n
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\n* If you haven’t seen Sherrod Brown’s new campaign ad<\/a> in Ohio, you should definitely take a look.<\/p>\n