Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
And the funny thing is, Robert McFarlane, the former Reagan national security advisor who said that, is actually a McCain supporter. But McFarlane sees a world of difference between the inexperienced next-generation neocons who are closest to McCain and the old realists (like himself) who might steer a McCain administration once the youngsters foul up [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, Politics
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Kelley Vlahos
When the Democrats took over congress in January 2007 there was a lot of Republican angst over whether they would immediately turn Capitol Hill into a three-ring circus in an effort to roll back all the tax cuts, impeach the President and rip us out of Iraq. But any Democratic effort to turn tables on [...]
Filed under: Iraq, Uncategorized, War
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Clark Stooksbury
I don’t know if I should be comforted by Herbert Stein’s law (If Something Can’t Go On Forever, it will stop) or disturbed. The New York Times has an article today about how rising oil prices aren’t leading to either a growth in supply or a drop in consumption:
Countries that are not members of OPEC [...]
Filed under: Economics
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
Let’s be fair, Clark. Bush conservatives haven’t just been obsessing over trivia like the Wright blow-up, they’ve also been keeping tabs on dangerous individuals like Jimmy Carter.
It’s one thing to complain about Carter, though. The question is, when will somebody do something about him? The Onion has an idea:
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—An international peace-crimes tribunal commenced legal [...]
Filed under: Magazines, Politics
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Clark Stooksbury
NRO’s Corner is demonstrating the right’s intellectual bankruptcy this morning. It has been wall-to-wall Rev. Wright. What else do the Republicans have to talk about this year? Bill Ayres?
National Review might be worth reading if put less effort into obsessing on trivia and more into the failure of the conservative program.
UPDATE: Just as soon as [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Magazines
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Freddy Gray
Very interesting and revealing post from Gideon Rachman about a lunch with Georgia’s President “Misha” Saakashvili. This sheds some light on the man at center of America’s strange and perilous friendship with Georgia, a relationship that increases tension between the USA and Russia.
And if you imagine America’s closeness to Georgia will dissipate post-Bush, think again,
I [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Clark Stooksbury
The May 15 New York Review of Books has an exchange between Wendell Berry and Jason Epstein over the latter’s review of In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. Berry states:
Jason Epstein refers, apparently with approval, to “a sustainable farm near Charlottesville, Virginia,” that is described at length in Mr. Pollan’s previous book, The Omnivore’s [...]
Filed under: Books, Magazines
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Clark Stooksbury
Paul Krugman states the obvious about John McCain’s tax policy today, but it is a truth worth stating.
If truth be told, the McCain tax plan doesn’t seem to embody any coherent policy agenda. Instead, it looks like a giant exercise in pandering — an attempt to mollify the G.O.P.’s right wing, and never mind if [...]
Filed under: Politics
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Kelley Vlahos
Now that the administration has been exposed for what was already suspected on some level, that it enlisted no less than 75 malleable ex-military officers (who happened to be intercessors for the defense industry) to serve as agents, or as they were called by the Pentagon, “message force multipliers” to spin the war in Iraq, [...]
Filed under: Foreign policy, Iraq, War
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Daniel McCarthy
Coming your way in the next ten days:
Featuring William S. Lind on Petraeus, Crocker, and the pretend-state of Iraq; Allan Carlson on a family-friendly solution to the mortgage crisis; interviews with Zbigniew Brzezinski (by Phil Weiss) and Bob Barr (by TAC’s editors); Michael Brendan Dougherty on the veepstakes; Jim Antle on the the New Jersey [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Magazines
