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Scorecard 2010

January 1, 2011Burt Likko

Here were my predictions for 2010, and here’s how they did: Jon Huntsman will resign as ambassador to China and begin to lay the groundwork for a Presidential bid in 2012.  Has not happened.  In retrospect, I failed to credit… Continue Reading →

2010 Election, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, California, China, Constitutional Law, Courts, Domestic Politics, International Politics, Iran, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Money, Movies, News

A Contrary Voice On McChrystal

June 23, 2010Burt Likko 2 Comments

Everyone is blogging, talking, and tweeting about the profile of General Stanley McChrystal in the current edition of Rolling Stone, which hit the Internets today.  What seems to be catching everyone’s attention is a combination of the dismissive to disrespectful… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Domestic Politics, International Politics, News, Scandal

Rub The Lamp And The Genie Grants A Wish

January 26, 2010Burt Likko

Direct from the source:  “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” said President Barack Obama.  Well, he’s on his way to getting half that wish granted — right now it looks like he’s on… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Domestic Politics, News

Political Growth

December 11, 2009Burt Likko

In politics, “growth” is used by some to describe what others would characterize as an “ideological transformation” that takes place over time rather than immediately.  Question:  was President Obama’s speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which he used to justify… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, International Politics

Never-Ending War Tax

December 1, 2009Burt Likko 2 Comments

Representative David Obey has proposed a “war tax” in the Share Our Sacrifice Act.  This is, I presume, a progressive’s idea of fiscal responsibility.  Most families would pay an additional 1% of their net income as a surtax to their… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Domestic Politics, Government, History, Iraq, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Terrorism

Purchasing Poppies Produces A Peaceful Planet

July 28, 2009Burt Likko 3 Comments

This is an opium poppy in bloom, almost ready for harvest. Opium poppies were originally indigenous to Asia Minor and Thessaly, and were allegedly introduced to Afghanistan by Alexander the Great during his conquests there. This photograph was taken from… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Domestic Politics, Government, International Politics, Money, Terrorism

Meet The New Boss

February 11, 2009Burt Likko

There’s this cool classic rock song from The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. It’s used as the theme music for one of the CSI shows. I’ve always liked the interplay between the Hammond pipe organ and Pete Townsend tearing up… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Constitutional Law, Domestic Politics, Government, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Biden, News, Really Bad Ideas, Religion, Terrorism

Change In Which I Can Believe

November 25, 2008Burt Likko

I’ve been suggesting for quite some time that Obama’s campaign promises were overpromises, that once reality reared its ugly head and he had to look at the problems facing the country, at home and abroad, right in the face, a… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Domestic Politics, International Politics, Iraq, Money, News

More Sharia in U.S. Courts

June 19, 2008Burt Likko

This time, it’s the Blackwater Worldwide corporation, asking for Shari’a law to be applied to a fatal airplaine crash that took place in Afghanistan. It’s actually a pretty routine sort of lex locus delecti argument, but some find it ironic… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, International Politics, Law

Abdication

May 15, 2007Burt Likko

The President has found his war czar. Should When things don’t go very well as Iraq’s parliament retires for a two-month recess and eventually reconvenes for its rigorous schedule of meeting for two hours a day three days a week,… Continue Reading →

Afghanistan, China, Domestic Politics, Government, International Politics, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, News, Russia, United Nations

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