You may have heard that the major Wall Street firms are going to see record bonuses this year but what you might not have realized is that they are doing it for the good of the whole. Read this and you'll learn how. They say the key to happiness in life is to learn a new thing every day. Hopefully this will satisfy that requirement for today if something else doesn't … [Read more...] about Praise Goldman Sachs And The Other Big Banks
Flashback From the Afpak Migraine
If Barack Obama had been president in 2002, he says he would have stayed out of Iraq and pursued al Qaeda in Afghanistan. But that "war of necessity" is now morphing into the biggest foreign policy headache of our time, a Hydra of impossible choices in Pakistan, the whole Middle East and beyond. Even as Hamid Karzai agrees to an election runoff with who-knows-what prospects … [Read more...] about Flashback From the Afpak Migraine
Hear me now and believe me later!
This evening (Wed) at 6:30pm, I'll be part of a panel discussion on the topic of "Afghanistan: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?" Details here. I assure you, if you live in Washington, there is nothing more intellectually enriching you can do tomorrow night other than listen to me. (Assuming you have a DVR and don't have to miss a brand new episode of So You Think You Can … [Read more...] about Hear me now and believe me later!
Afghan Balloon Boy
Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Afghan Balloon Boy
KAUST: No Undergrads, No Tenure, No Departments
The brand-new King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KAUST, received its founding endowment of $10 billion from the King himself. That makes it among the wealthiest handful of universities on the globe, in the company of Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Princeton. As Stanford is to Silicon Valley, Saudi Arabia hopes KAUST will spur a new Arabian “knowledge economy." … [Read more...] about KAUST: No Undergrads, No Tenure, No Departments
House Health Care Bill Pricetag Now $871 Million?
House Democrats reportedly continue to fine-tune the pricetag. … [Read more...] about House Health Care Bill Pricetag Now $871 Million?
University Bombings Cause Pakistan To Close Schools
More troubling news from the anti-terrorism. front. How serious is the situation now in Pakistan? So serious that the government has temporarily closed schools due to bombings: Pakistan closed schools nationwide for five days after suicide bombers struck a university in the capital, a step that may further erode public tolerance for the country’s Islamic militant … [Read more...] about University Bombings Cause Pakistan To Close Schools
WHERE’S THE “BEEF” (SUBSTANCE) OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?
I’m pretty sick and tired of seeing and hearing President Obama every day. His words become more meaningless with each passing week. I already agree with half of his policies and the other half I’m willing to judge later after they are tested in the real world. I am even willing to give him an another award certifying that he is the most inspiring speaker of the 21st Century … [Read more...] about WHERE’S THE “BEEF” (SUBSTANCE) OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?
James Arthur Ray Situation: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp
Two men, 38 and 40 years old, died, a third person, a 49 year old woman, passed away this past week... All three died after participating in a sweat lodge ... which is meant to be deep prayer over all gathered in nakedness there; no clothing to mark status, everyone as they were when they came hot and steaming from their mothers long ago. The three died, and … [Read more...] about James Arthur Ray Situation: Sacred Sweat Lodge, Old School: A Difference Between Prayer and Pomp
Mocking A Religion (Guest Voice)
Mocking a Religion By Martha Randolph Carr Religious rites from every major religion have been passed down to us over the centuries and were originally inspired as a means to praise God and to serve the people. The kinks and potential hazards were worked out long ago. Safety measures were even built into some of them to prevent needless deaths or injuries. That’s what … [Read more...] about Mocking A Religion (Guest Voice)
Pat Buchanan: Dude, Where’s My White Privilege?
From World Nut Daily, the only rag that will publish Pat Buchanan anymore: … [Read more...] about Pat Buchanan: Dude, Where’s My White Privilege?
If Malcolm Gladwell Were Arne Duncan…
The New Yorker staff writer was asked in a Time Q&A, "If you were U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan — who has about $5 billion in discretionary funding and a mandate to fix our schools — what would you do?" There's precious little experimentation in education. Instead there seems to be a desire for greater regimentation, which I think is nonsense. I think we need to try … [Read more...] about If Malcolm Gladwell Were Arne Duncan…
Tell America to Stop Backing Terrorist Attacks on Iran: The Frontier Post, Pakistan
Could it be that the United States is somehow behind or involved with the suicide attack on a meeting that included senior members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard? According to this editorial from Pakistan's Frontier Post, which is published right along the Afghan-Pakistan border, there is every reason to believe that the attack, claimed by the Sunni group Jundallah which is … [Read more...] about Tell America to Stop Backing Terrorist Attacks on Iran: The Frontier Post, Pakistan
Is The White House Crazy Like A Fox?
The White House has stirred up a hornets' nest of controversy in its "war" against Fox News (see our many posts here on TMV by scrolling down). Some call it a major political mistake. But the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, who was also critical of the White House, has begun to think that the White House may be "crazy like a fox..." … [Read more...] about Is The White House Crazy Like A Fox?
The White House’s Curious War Against Fox News (Guest Voice)
The White House's Curious War Against Fox News by Jon Wells Over the last week, members of the White House staff have gone out of their way to single out Fox News as an unworthy news organization. It began with White House communications chief Anita Dunn's rant on CNN last Sunday saying Fox wasn't a real news network and was more a wing of the Republican Party. Press … [Read more...] about The White House’s Curious War Against Fox News (Guest Voice)
Dede Scozzafava: The Real Record
Since there are many conservatives that have flooded the blogosphere with basically falsehoods about Dede Scozzafava, the GOP candidate for NY-23, I thought I would repost in its entirety a blog post I found on the liberal blog called the Albany Project. Since many conservatives hard argued that Scozzafava is a radical leftist, you might think this blog would love her right? … [Read more...] about Dede Scozzafava: The Real Record
Reality TV
Mike Keefe, The Denver Post This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Reality TV
Our Wounded Warriors: No Typical In-flight Magazine Story
One doesn’t normally expect to find articles of an inspirational nature in an in-flight magazine. On a flight yesterday, I started my perfunctory flipping of pages of the “American Way” magazine, and there, tucked among descriptions of alluring vacation paradises, interesting travelogues and colorful promotions for fine dining and wining, were not one, but two gripping and … [Read more...] about Our Wounded Warriors: No Typical In-flight Magazine Story
The Difference Between a News Organization and Fox
Excellent piece from Steve Benen on what's wrong with the way the mainstream media is framing the current war of words between Fox News and the White House: … [Read more...] about The Difference Between a News Organization and Fox
Afghanistan: The Disaster Movie
Americans love movie rereads. The same types of characters in the same types of places doing the same types of things in only slightly different ways. Think Star Wars. Think Matrix. Think the Smokey flicks. We also seem to love political disaster retreads. Think Vietnam. Think Iraq. Think what's about to happen in Afghanistan. One good way to appreciate the newest addition … [Read more...] about Afghanistan: The Disaster Movie