Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Hicks, Keynes, political science, Mathew Dowd, school as lottery..Hicks and plea bargain. The plea bargain idea is corrupt because, given the choice beween twenty yars and five, the innocent can be pesuaded to give up and accept the five. We are denied valuable information, the policy makers are protected, and Hicks is probaably done an injustice.
We [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2007 | No Comments »
The developing disagreement between Carnegie and Roosevelt revealed moral ambiguities on both sides. Roosevelt the progressive was annoyed by Carnegie’s hypocrisy: for all his talk of peace, what about the workers worn out by his labor policies and the small investors he ran out of business? The questions were well-placed, but the hostility behind them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I am not satisfied, but the perspectiev is serious. More questions.
Fitzgerald may be forgiven his passionate defense of the integrity of grand-jury proceedings and F.B.I. investigations. But attorneys general should resist the temptation to interfere with newsgathering or to delegate such a decision to a single-minded special counsel. When a White House leak is suspected, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Extraordinary, trading computers for guns.
En México, Gates cambiará armas por computadoras
El gobierno de esa ciudad apoyada por el presidente de Microsoft, iniciará una campaña de cambio de pistolas por PC. Las máquinas serán compradas por el municipio y la empresa pondrá en forma gratuita los programas
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El gobierno de la [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2007 | No Comments »
A Smoke-Filled War Room
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
Washington
THE Democratic majority in the House is trying to set policy for the Iraq war by committee — a fractious and divided committee.
If the Democrats really want to play a role in the current Iraq debate, they should take a look at what John [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a good summary of the potential legal process.
What leverage do the Judiciary Committees have over the Administration with respect to the Overblown Personnel Matter? Why shouldn’t Fred Fielding just stonewall to his heart’s content?
Answer: a Congressional subpoena isn’t a request, it’s an order. (Sub poena: “under pain.” 
If the order is ignored, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2007 | No Comments »
An Iran initiative.
Calling time out on Iran sanctionsSouth Africa, currently presiding over the UN Security Council, has urged everyone to cool it on Iran sanctions for 90 days. The US would be wise to go along with the suggestion, not only in the name of seeking Tehran’s cooperation on Iraq but to re-inject credibility into the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Winning Afghan hearts and splitting hairsAmong the US-led NATO and coalition forces in Afghanistan, some “hunt the bad guys” and others try to repair the damage the hunters leave behind, while some are mandated to engage in “counterinsurgency” but not in “counter-terrorism”. Underlying such hair-splitting is a political chasm between the NATO wimps on one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2007 | No Comments »
as posted..
Bush’s Top Ten Mistakes in Iraq during the Past 4 Years 10. Refusing to fire Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld when his incompetence and maliciousness became apparent in the growing guerrilla war and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.9. Declining to intervene in the collapsed economy or help put Iraqi state industries back on a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | No Comments »
* Obama as a breakthrough candidate.
8. The only one of the Big 6 who appears to have the potential to be a first-quarter break-through candidate in terms of web fundraising is Senator Obama.
It might be that Obama is the only candidate of either party to offer a real alternative. This will be very appealing and [...]
