February 28, 2006
'The Sublime Ports' - 09:53 PMFolks, I'm having a major shipment of schadenfreude delivered as we speak. Fortunately, it's NOT FROM ISRAEL! The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports...
'Its Neck is Laid Between the Sword and the Block' - 07:12 PM
The title comes from a longer Kahlil Gibran quote, which appropriately enough also contains, "Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from...
February 27, 2006
'Lighting a Candle' - 03:45 PMIt looks like the Great Concavity has finally come out of his Great Hibernation. Welcome back to the blogroll, old friend....
'The Call is Coming From Inside the House!' - 03:02 PM
Today Josh Marshall first reminds us what reasonable people used to be able to think: Under every administration there are examples of individuals or tax exempt groups (associated with the opposing party) getting audited by the IRS. It always, or...
February 26, 2006
'Groundhog Day III' - 10:01 AMI would hate to be this guy: Now, after parliamentary elections held in December, the U.S. effort has entered a third stage. The current emphasis is on reducing the U.S. role in the war, putting Iraq army and police forces...
February 22, 2006
'Bush the Younger Distilled' - 01:52 PMBlogs, once you've let them go fallow, become more and more intimidating in their silence as time goes on. Much like a presidential veto, that next post becomes more and more meaningful as you let more and more major events...