I've been waaaaay too busy these past few days with school and music-related stuff, but if I had been blogging, here are a few of the things I would have... [More]
March 3, 2008
March 14, 2008
Blogging From Big Sky, Day Six
Some things that happened in the world today while I was flying down the side of a mountain... + It is now official: we are in a recession. The National... [More]
March 17, 2008
Bits and Bobs
Economic blogging apparently took up most of my time today, so I'm going to have to roll up everything else into a single post. In no particular order: + Its... [More]
March 18, 2008
Bits and Bobs from Iraq
In no particular order... Sen. McCain today once again made clear that even when it comes to foreign policy, he has no idea what he is talking about: Speaking to... [More]
March 19, 2008
Obama: "The World Beyond Iraq"
In the second of three consecutive speeches on three different topics, Obama took on the subject of Iraq. While I'm looking for video of the speech that contains more than... [More]
Meanwhile, In Iraq....
TPM: I think everyone can agree that if you go to the trouble of organizing an Iraqi political reconciliation conference, it's generally a bad sign if a number of key... [More]
Quote of the Day
Ladies and gentlemen, your democracy at work: CHENEY: On the security front, I think there's a general consensus that we've made major progress, that the surge has worked. That's been... [More]
Bearing Witness: Five Years of the Iraq War
From Reuters. Brilliant. Unbelievably difficult to watch, but brilliant. You owe it to everyone who has given their lives there to watch this. Be sure to check out the timeline... [More]
McCain: Unfit For Duty
Josh Marshall weighs in on McCain's recent foreign policy mistakes and declares McCain "unfit for duty." But this is really just the tip of the iceberg with McCain. In almost... [More]
March 20, 2008
Iraq will not be a Qaedistan
First, a bit of context... In his speech yesterday marking the 5-year anniversary of his glorious war, President Bush made the following claim: "With such chaos in Iraq, the terrorist... [More]
March 21, 2008
Analogy of the Day
Tim @ Balloon Juice discusses the idea that Iranian Shiite Ayatollah Khamenei would support Sunni extremists bent on murdering his fellow Shiites: Thinking that the two have some mutually supportive... [More]
Meanwhile, in Iraq....
Wonderful: The success of the US "surge" strategy in Iraq may be under threat as Sunni militia employed by the US to fight al-Qaida are warning of a national strike... [More]
Rove Is Not A Genius
In my never-ending quest to destroy the myth that Karl Rove is a genius... Here's Rove today on FoxNews talking about the war in Iraq: Remember, we removed, as you... [More]
Quote of the Day
The Pentagon's big report detailing the non-existence of the connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda is finally online. Here's my favorite part: Saddam viewed international terrorist organizations in terms... [More]
March 22, 2008
U.S. Threatened Allies Prior To Iraq War
It's funny. Now that things have gone so badly wrong, Bush seems to console himself with the idea that history will vindicate him. Only one problem... the more historians dig... [More]
March 24, 2008
Bits and Bobs
I got a late start on my real work today, so blogging has suffered. Here are some things I would have written at length about if I had time... +... [More]
March 25, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq...
McClatchy: Security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing... [More]
March 26, 2008
Meanwhile, in Iraq....
WaPo: Fierce gun battles erupted between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias in Basra, Baghdad and other cities Tuesday as the government, backed by U.S. and British reconnaissance planes, launched... [More]
Meanwhile, in Iraq....
Spencer Ackerman reports: Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is giving powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's forces three days to surrender in Basra, as clashes between Maliki's security forces and Sadr's Mahdi... [More]
A Perfect Example of Why McCain Cannot Win
Crooks and Liars: While giving one of his standard "we're winning in Iraq...I don't care what you say" speeches today, Senator McCain was interrupted by MSNBC with some breaking news... [More]
Inside Iraq
Its been many months since I linked to a post by one of McClatchy's Iraqi bloggers. Time to rectify that: The word democracy is normally used to express the people's... [More]
March 27, 2008
Meanwhile, in Iraq....
First off, a great primer on the groups involved from Kevin Drum: ISCI = SIIC = new name for SCIRI = Badr Corps = "aristocratic" Hakim family = exiles during... [More]
McCain Hates War, But...
McCain gave yet another foreign policy address, but this time, as Kevin Drum points out, the content was quite odd: I detest war.... Only a fool or a fraud sentimentalizes... [More]
Our Iraq "Experts" At Work Again
On Monday, the conservative American Enterprise Institute held yet another in a series of discussions about the war in Iraq. AEI's Fred Kagan was one of the principle architects of... [More]
March 28, 2008
Meanwhile, in Iraq....
One last update before heading to bed.... WaPo: BAGHDAD, March 27 -- U.S. forces in armored vehicles battled Mahdi Army fighters Thursday in Sadr City, the vast Shiite stronghold in... [More]
Meanwhile, In Iraq...
Today's Iraq-related updates must begin with Fred Kaplan's piece in Slate. An excerpt: The wars in Iraq (the plural is no typo) are about to expand and possibly explode, so... [More]
Quote of the Day II
Condoleezza Rice: Looking back on the last five years and the war in Iraq, Rice admitted: "I thought it would be tough, but I didn't think it would be this... [More]
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Simple questions.... Simple answers: no.... [More]
March 30, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq...
Its the weekend, so I'm outsourcing today's edition. Go read Cernig and Juan Cole.... [More]
March 31, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq....
So... After a week's worth of open hostilities between various factions within Iraq, it looks for the moment as if some measure of relative calm has returned to Iraq. In... [More]
Leave No Man Behind
It took 4 years - 4 years? - to find the body of Keith Maupin, a 20-year-old Army sergeant from Ohio who has been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since... [More]
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