May 1, 2008

If Claims of Executive Privilege And "State Secrets" Covers This, It Covers EVERYTHING

Via Laura Rozen, Newsweek: The Bush administration is refusing to disclose internal e-mails, letters and notes showing contacts with major telecommunications companies over how to... [More]

May 13, 2008

Bits and Bobs

I'm in the middle of doing some serious prep work for the upcoming Summer Semester that starts one week from today, so between now and... [More]

May 16, 2008

McCain: Hypocrisy on Hamas

At this point I really am actually starting to feel sorry for the guy. Sen. John McCain, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, was... [More]

Meanwhile, In Saudi...

WaPo: Saudi Arabia announced Friday that it will boost oil production by about 300,000 barrels a day to meet increased demand from customers next month.... [More]

Obama Comes Swingin!

Go on, Barack! The way to beat these people is to ridicule them. Their rhetoric isn't worth taking seriously, but that isn't necessarily self evident... [More]

Let's Go To The Digital Videotape!

See? This is exactly what I was just talking about: Earlier, for example, we talked about McCain's 2006 position that the U.S. engage Hamas diplomatically,... [More]

May 21, 2008

Bits and Bobs

Yet more catch-up: + This Matt Bai piece on McCain was an absolute must read. I had planned to comment extensively on it, but no... [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

Bits and Bobs

Somehow I always forget at the beginning of each new semester... prepping new lectures is a lot of work! Some things that happened while I... [More]