Is the F-22 Raptor too big to fail in these tough economic times?Without further spending for the F-22, companies that supply critical components for it would begin shutting down soon. The chairmen and ranking Republicans on both the House and Senate defense appropriations subcommittees recently...
Month: December 2008
This K-Drum post encapsulates much about what I find strange about the way some liberals have been discussing the American auto industry. First of all, is there any other context.
Spencer:Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Yes; yes it is. But I nonetheless have some respect for just how gangster.
It's not nice to hold people hostage for two and a half months:"Some crew members on the Ukrainian ship are misbehaving," the pirate said."They tried to harm two of our gunmen late Monday. This is unacceptable, they risk serious punitive measures. Somalis know how to...
Marcy Wheeler has the details on the bridge loan plan. I like the Atrios and (especially) Pelosi amendments, the latter of which is certainly essential.I also agree with Wheeler about.
Does Blagojevich think he's Vladimir Putin?Authorities say they've also accused Blagojevich of threatening to withhold state assistance to the Tribune Co. in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to.
Someday, you might encounter someone -- a hopeless naif, or someone who spent most of this decade living off the grid, or perhaps someone recovering from an infestation of brain parasites -- who will ask, "Isn't there anything George Bush didn't knock into a cocked...
The Ole Perfesser is vacationing in hedge fund Disneyland. After snorkeling about for a bit to assess the deterioration of the marine environment, Reynolds ponders the economic health of the.
I was amused to see Ross Douthat claim that "[A]n iron law of recent American politics dictates that any Republican setback at the polls will be quickly pinned on the.
As the U.S. economy melts down, as international tensions threaten to spiral out of control, as the sixth anniversary of the biggest foreign policy disaster in American history approaches, as the question of whether George W. Bush is the worst president in American history becomes...
Erik introduces chapter five of From Colony to Superpower (for older posts click on the tag), which covers the period between 1837 and 1861. The customary random observations:Herring discusses the.
I would expect career civil servants to do a better job than political appointees in any case, but I do wonder whether there's a difference between the parties. Republicans, after.