A Speech for Endless War
Last night’s Oval Office oratory: Barack Obama channeling Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush
For Sale: Healthcare Reform “Supplement” in Columbia Journalism Review
Readers might wonder about the criteria for the 12-page “supplement” on healthcare reform that accompanied a recent edition of the Columbia Journalism Review.
Higher Education: How to Blow Up the World
A great educational institution, the University of California excels at the humanities, the sciences, history … and finding better ways to achieve nuclear holocaust.
State of Denial: After the Big Leak, Spinning for War
How do you counteract the impact of documents that attest to the realities of a war? Pretend the war isn’t what it used to be.
War Conformity in the Senate: It’s Unanimous!
Not one senator had the guts to vote against the new top general in Afghanistan who’s pledging to stay the course.
From Great Man to Great Screwup
Behind the uproar over Gen. McChrystal is a basic problem: The war in Afghanistan can’t be won and shouldn’t be fought.
Jane Harman and the Killing Aboard the Gaza Flotilla
A massacre or mere fiasco? While liberal media and political hacks offer excuses, Marcy Winograd is making Congresswoman Jane Harman sweat.
Whaling, Drilling and Evading
Progressives must put up a fight — and that means taking on the Democratic Party establishment.
Behind the Gushing: Kagan in Context
Let’s face it. The Kagan nomination is a huge blow to civil liberties — and part of a pattern of the Obama presidency.