Yeah, I know the market tanked again today. The bears reign supreme. But oil fell below $60 a barrel. That’s surely a silver lining to the economic storm clouds we face. I filled up my car today for $50, the… Continue Reading
Via Long Tail, a reminder of an interesting quote from Lewis Strauss, the former head of the Atomic Energy Commission: It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to… Continue Reading
I took Barack Obama to task during the primaries for this statement, first announced in a primary debate against his fellow Democrats and later underlined when he affirmed it in subsequent campaign statements: “If we have actionable intelligence about high-value… Continue Reading
Steve Benen takes the Associated Press’s reporter Charles Babbington to task for calling Obama’s acceptance speech sketchy on the details of the policies Obama would pursue as President: Babbington: ‘Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,”… Continue Reading
When does a nation begin to exist? An interesting question, when you think about it. One of relevance seeing as Russia recognized the existence of the independent nations of South Ossetia and Abkhazia yesterday over the vehement objections of the… Continue Reading
Senator Joe taking a trip to Georgia isn’t going to quiet it. Obama still needs to shore up his foreign policy credentials, and naming Biden as his running mate would be a really good way to do it. Despite some… Continue Reading
Perhaps the most important thing to remember about China is that it is armed with nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles with which to deliver them. So it is an international nuclear power and that means it gets treated with… Continue Reading
I’m not saying wimps can’t win Presidential elections. They have. George Bush the Elder was thought of as a wimp. And Jimmy Carter, I mean, really, have we had a bigger wimp in office since Franklin Pierce? But I can’t… Continue Reading
For about seven years, America’s foreign policy with respect to Pakistan could be summed up in one word: “Musharraf.” There was no backup policy, no alternative, no acceptable substitute. The attempt to facilitate a power-sharing arrangement between Musharraf and Benazair… Continue Reading