April 4, 2007

Subservient In Syria? Erm.... No.

Sometimes it really seems as if right wing bloggers haven't noticed the existence of Google. After Drudge posted a photo of Speaker Pelosi wearing a... [More]

Compare and Contrast (Update)

Sen. McCain isn't the only Republican making a fool out of himself over his recent visit to Iraq. Rep. Mike Pence was on the trip... [More]

April 5, 2007

About That Trip To Syria

As I'm sure you're all aware, over the past few days right wing blogs, the mainstream media, Republican politicians, and even the Bush administration itself... [More]

Fukuyama: Europe Is The Model

Francis Fukuyama is considered to be on of the driving intellectual forces behind the modern neo-conservative movement. Over the past few years he has gradually... [More]

April 10, 2007

Quick Studies In Hypocrisy

Great summary this morning from Kevin Drum: ABC News has reported that the United States is funneling money to Jundullah, a Sunni terrorist group based... [More]

"An Invitation To Agree With Bush"

We are governed by a child: WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made... [More]

April 11, 2007

Lee Iacocca Has Had Enough

Wow. What a catch by Carpetbagger. Lee Iacocca has a new book coming out, and despite the fact that he is a lifelong Republican and... [More]

Don't We Already Have a Commander In Chief?

Call me crazy, but don't we already have a "war czar"? And isn't he called the Commander in Chief? The White House wants to appoint... [More]

April 12, 2007

"Near Dictatorial Power"

Quite an admission from The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb today: Pam Hess, the UPI reporter who gave us this extremely moving and persuasive glimpse of... [More]

Today's News From Iraq

If you're following the news from Iraq today of bombings within the Green Zone (and who isn't?), be sure to check out Spencer Ackerman's take... [More]

Progress, Progress... Progress?

Administration officials and their supporters love to use the "our enemies are listening" argument to criticize the debate over and coverage of the war. Cheney,... [More]

April 13, 2007

Maybe We Do Need A "War Czar"

Kevin Drum has an interesting timeline from this week on the issue of extending the deployments of our soldiers in Iraq. On Monday, the president... [More]

April 15, 2007

Real Improvements Don't Look Like This

Let me guess... McCain, Bush and Cheney think this is some sort of sign of progress: BAGHDAD -- Six bombs exploded in predominantly Shiite sections... [More]

April 17, 2007

Backlash? (Updated)

The more Bush speaks, the less support his positions receive. Check out some of the topline results - courtesy of Carpetbagger - from the latest... [More]

April 18, 2007

More From Iraq...

Uh oh. CNN: Iraq orders arrest of top Army officer after deadly attacks BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered the... [More]

April 21, 2007

Wolfowitz and the World Bank: It's Much Worse Than You Thought

I'm with Josh on this: the story is so convoluted and so corrupt, its hard to keep track of all of the issues and people... [More]

April 24, 2007

Excerpts from Obama's Foreign Policy Address

It looks like Obama has entered the phase of his presidential campaign dedicated to staking out concrete policy positions. Late last week he announced one... [More]

Quick Links

Time for blogging has been limited the past few days. Here are a few posts from other sites that you shouldn't miss: + Karl Rove... [More]

April 25, 2007

Can't Defend A Defenseless War? Blame the Iraqis! And Call Them Names!

Media Matters: On the April 23 broadcast of his Fox News Radio show, John Gibson argued that the Iraqi people -- whom he described as... [More]