Martian Logic – washingtonpost.com

Today’s papers are full of news of war and rumors of war, both real and political. There are a number of sites around the internet that will give you better coverage

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Questionnaire and answer on the topic of troop surge | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

William F Buckley Jr has an article on the thought process behind a vote on “the Surge” that starts like this…  You are a Republican legislator, retiring after this, your fifth

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Richard Cohen – Irrational Is as Irrational Does – washingtonpost.com

Today’s Washington Post Editorial by Richard Cohen goes a long way in making me understand the “inner” Bush that has seemed so out of touch with reality. Mr. Cohen gets

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A Heckuva Claim – washingtonpost.com

 This Washington Post Editorial touches on a number of points about the Bush tax cuts, most of which are not in the President’s favor. PRESIDENT BUSH wrote in a Wall

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David S. Broder – Suggester in Chief – washingtonpost.com

Just don’t “suggest” to the “decider” that he can’t do what he wants…He may pick up his ball and go home…  After an election in which war-weariness was a motivating force

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George F. Will – A Retreat on Rationing Free Speech? – washingtonpost.com

I read George Will’s column last evening and couldn’t wrap my mind around his argument. I revisited it this morning and find his bait and switch tactics perverse. A three-judge federal court

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RIP – Political Respect

Even in a holiday season, politics requires that politicians put in an appearance. Presidential funerals don’t happen often, when they do, you go. Nothing shows the depth of a man

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Robert D. Novak – Losing to the Greens – washingtonpost.com

 From the parallel universe of Robert Novak. “Environmentalists’ well-financed propaganda operation”…Does the man live in this universe? Industry has been spending many times the amounts the environmentalists have but the

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