Politics Collide With Iraq Realities

On Easter Sunday the Iraq prognosis could be better. A political breakthrough in Washington already happened, Hamre (John J. Hamre, a former deputy defense secretary) said, when November’s elections turned into

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You really have to wonder who they think they are fooling?

 You know, either politicians are getting really stupid or they think we are. It really doesn’t matter a whole lot if they are being paid off any more, the appearance

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We should all take ‘voice lessons’ from Dixie Chicks | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

This was in the newsfeed from the Houston Chronicle today.  In the new spirit of media disclosure, I should tell you that I own several Dixie Chicks CDs. But I’m not

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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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Broder: Hoping against hope for happy ending to Bush tenure | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

This morning’s OP-ED from David Broder makes some interesting points. He has divided the Bush Presidency into four phases. I think he should have added a fifth.  In trying to gauge where

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OpinionJournal – Featured Article

It is nice to read something on the Op-Ed pages at the WSJ that I can agree with for a change. Looks like the new Senator from Virginia has a way with telling it

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