5 years ago today, the war in Iraq ended. "In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." Isn't life in... [More]
May 1, 2008
May 2, 2008
Who Is Al-Sadr?
Spencer Ackerman has a great take on that question today at Washington Independent: Yet while the political fortunes of all other Iraqi Arab political figures... [More]
"History will prove me right." Or Not, Depending.
Rahm Emanuel: "Madam Speaker, in 1993, when professional-baseball owners were deciding how to rehabilitate the reputation of baseball, after the player's strike, they debated whether... [More]
May 3, 2008
Everybody Knew About It
I was planning on taking the day off today, but you really do need to read this.... [More]
May 5, 2008
Quote of the Day II
The Internet's Matt Yglesias: It's really bizarre how, in the context of war, totally normal attributes of human behavior become transformed into into mysterious cultural... [More]
May 6, 2008
Good News / Bad News
On the one hand, the fact that the Iraq War will produce more suicides than combat deaths could be seen as a triumph of modern... [More]
Choices, Choices...
Ilan Goldenberg catches the Bush Administration admitting something that all us lefties have been saying for years: Iraq is preventing us from achieving success in... [More]
May 7, 2008
Meanwhile, In Iraq....
BBC: The authorities in Baghdad say they are preparing for an exodus of thousands of people from eastern parts of the city. Fighting between government... [More]
Meanwhile, In Iraq.... [Part Two]
At least one person in DC gets it. From yesterday's White House briefing: THOMAS: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, we dropped a bomb... [More]
May 15, 2008
Bits and Bobs
655 unread items in my RSS feed. Here's the best of the best: + God bless California. And serious props to the Guvernator for doing... [More]
May 25, 2008
Zakaria: The Only Thing We Have to Fear...
If only it hadn't taken us five years to get to this point... You know that we are living in scary times. Terrorist groups are... [More]
May 28, 2008
More On McLellan
I mentioned this in last night's Bits and Bobs, but it really does deserve a full post. So, without further ado, here are some of... [More]
Quote of the Day I
I'm gonna give another nod to McClellan: "The president had promised himself that he would accomplish what his father had failed to do by winning... [More]
Quote of the Day II
Via Andrew Sullivan, John McCain: "I think that the very significant failing was to not question the course of the war in Iraq for too... [More]
May 30, 2008
More On McLellan
First, the man in his own words: It's been less than 2 days since the Politico first ran excerpts of the book, and already opinions... [More]
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