Newsmaker Interview by Bill Steigerwald India Rising By Bill Steigerwald Until she became the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City, Manjeet Kripalani was India bureau chief for Business Week magazine for the last 10 years. Based in Bombay, she reported on the many political and socioeconomic changes globalization has … [Read more...] about India Rising
Cheney Versus The Pentagon On Saddam Hussein Al Qaeda Link
So, who do you want to believe? Make your choice: Vice President Dick Cheney or the Pentagon? Dan Froomkin writes:Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. But Vice President Cheney yesterday, in an interview with right-wing talk radio host Rush … [Read more...] about Cheney Versus The Pentagon On Saddam Hussein Al Qaeda Link
Easter Egg Pork
RJ Matson, Roll Call … [Read more...] about Easter Egg Pork
Hostage Crisis: ‘Soul’ Searching in USA and UK
"Robert Clive of India." There has been a wonderful response to Michael van der Galien's post Britain’s Lost Soul. I must say here that President George W. Bush and his team have done an excellent job of brainwashing people that "evil" nations of Iraq and Iran would swallow the Western nations. And this fear has paralysed public discourse in the USA. (I am surprised … [Read more...] about Hostage Crisis: ‘Soul’ Searching in USA and UK
UN Condemns Holocaust Denial
103 Countries co-sponsor resolution, passed by consensus with only Iran disassociating itself (shocking). If anyone can find a list of said 103, I'd be greatly obliged. … [Read more...] about UN Condemns Holocaust Denial
What Comes After Depression?
The five stages of dealing with our failure of Iraq (post-modern conservative edition!). … [Read more...] about What Comes After Depression?
Goodling’s Going – Oops, Gone
UPDATE: The MSNBC article has been revised to indicate that Goodling resigned today. According to MSNBC, Monica Goodling will resign tomorrow from her position as counsel and White House liaison to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, the counsel and White House liaison to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, says in a letter that she will … [Read more...] about Goodling’s Going – Oops, Gone
Coming to a Theatre Near You?
How many times has the current administration stated that if we leave Iraq too soon, the “enemyâ€?, the “jihadistsâ€?, will follow us here? To these United States. Our communities. Our shopping malls. Our movie theatres? Better to fight them there than to fight them here, goes the logic. McClatchy Newspapers addresses the issue here:It’s become President Bush’s … [Read more...] about Coming to a Theatre Near You?
Feeling Good In The Neighborhood
John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri … [Read more...] about Feeling Good In The Neighborhood
Pakistan: The Ms Benazir Bhutto Factor
Benazir Bhutto’s supporters protested recently against Gen. Pervez Musharraf, though she has muted her criticisms to ease her path to elections. Photo: Nadeem Khawer/European Pressphoto Agency As the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, wrestles with swelling public disaffection over his rule, one of his key political rivals, Benazir Bhutto, has embarked on an … [Read more...] about Pakistan: The Ms Benazir Bhutto Factor
Mugabe’s Degrees At Risk?
Several universities are considering revoking honorary degrees bestowed upon Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe. The degrees were given decades ago, when Mugabe was still seen as a revolutionary hero for throwing off brutal White rule in the former Rhodesia. Today, however, he has shown himself to be a murderous thug that is driving his country into ruin. … [Read more...] about Mugabe’s Degrees At Risk?
UN Panel: Global Warming Is Threat To Earth (UPDATED)
A UN panel has issued one of the bluntest warnings on global warming yet -- indicating that it is indeed a threat to earth and in some ways many people do not usually realize:Climate experts issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of global warming, ranging from hunger in Africa to a fast thaw in the Himalayas, in a report on Friday that increased pressure on … [Read more...] about UN Panel: Global Warming Is Threat To Earth (UPDATED)
Public Campaign Finance – A Silver Bullet
From the Democracy 21 Website: The Money Chase; Running for Dollars An editorial appeared today in The Washington Post entitled, ''The Money Chase.'' An editorial also appeared today in The New York Times entitled, ''Running for Dollars.'' The editorials support legislation to repair the presidential public financing system for future elections and urge presidential … [Read more...] about Public Campaign Finance – A Silver Bullet
Britain’s Lost Soul
In 2006, Andrew Sullivan wrote a book called The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How To Get It Back. It is a great book, written by one of Britain’s and America’s leading conservatives ‘with a conscience’, but that is, sadly, not what this column is about. This column is about the Iranian hostage crisis and the way Britain dealt with it. If I were to write a book … [Read more...] about Britain’s Lost Soul
Iraq: Chlorine Truck Bomber Kills 27
Once again bad news from Iraq: a "suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in western Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, police in the Anbar provincial capital said." Besides that terrorist attack, four Britons were killed yesterday in southern Iraq "in an attack that [...] had not … [Read more...] about Iraq: Chlorine Truck Bomber Kills 27
Pelosi And Assad
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune … [Read more...] about Pelosi And Assad
Gen David Petraeus: A ‘Dragon’ in Iraq?
New York artist Leonard Rosenfeld created this portrait of David Petraeus in 2004, inspired by Petraeus’s famous question on Iraq: “Tell me how this ends.â€? Thank you Marc Schulman for the suggestion to read Jim Lehrer’s lengthy interview with the General Petraeus on PBS NewsHour. I have been doing a bit of research on this General, and the Lehrer interview … [Read more...] about Gen David Petraeus: A ‘Dragon’ in Iraq?
Center of Attention
Andrew Sullivan: "It's the Church, Stupid"... "why people are leaving institutional religion behind." Michael J. Totten published yet another original report. This time about the Peshmerga. Fascinating read. Michael J. Stickings on Joe Klein's TIME article in which Klein states that George W. Bush is unfit to lead. Michael agrees and wonders "where does this leave … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
Neo-Atheists and Easter
In the light of Easter, E.J. Dionne Jr. criticizes neo-atheism. It is a good column, be sure to read it. From the introduction: While some Christians harbor doubts about Christ's actual physical resurrection, hundreds of millions believe devoutly that Jesus died and rose, thus redeeming a fallen world from sin. Are these people a threat to reason and even … [Read more...] about Neo-Atheists and Easter
Iraq: April 6, 2003
Jules Crittenden published a fascinating and well written post about what happened in Iraq, back in 2003. April 6, to be precise. I'll give you the first couple of paragraphs, after that, go over to Jules' place to read it in its entirety: It was almost exactly a year after the fact that I met Larry Gwin. Joe Galloway had steered me toward him, when I told Joe I wanted to talk … [Read more...] about Iraq: April 6, 2003