Cameron McWhirter on the impact of the Mortenson scandal: Grass-roots nonprofits across the country now find themselves under intense scrutiny because of the Mortenson scandal. Many are considering going to new lengths to demonstrate to potential donors that they are on the up-and-up. All are bracing for an impact on giving. Many foundations and wealthy […]
Month: April 2011
While there was a wedding of some apparent note yesterday on the island where I work and usually live, more interesting are the series of elections on May 5. These include local elections, both the
Excellent roundup of the 2011 election from Tom Slee. My additional comment is that the rise of the NDP/fall of the Liberals is another example of self-congratulatory liberal hawks being very, very sp
I don’t know if this means that Daniels is running, but it certainly confirms that he’s an asshole.
Friend of the blog Jason Sigger is moving onwards and upwards. Unfortunately, this means that Armchair Generalist will be shutting down. DHS’ gain is our loss; Sigger has long been a vital pro
Last night I was on the Alyona Show, talking differences between Syria and Libya.
“People should just chill. He’s done a lot of good in this world.” This was my daughter’s general reaction to the 60 Minutes expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea who now stands accused of misrepresenting his charity’s efforts in Pakistan.* While it’s true that he may have made himself look needlessly […]
I have a new column up about the Supreme Court stretching to defend corporate interests — who saw that coming? — in AT&T v. Concepcion. Another point about the preemption cases is tha
Appropriately enough, Andrew McCarthy. In related news, it’s amusing to see Glenn Reynolds “forgetting” about the right-wing smear campaign against lawyers who defended Gitmo detaine
Via Ricks, a brief addendum from General William DePuy to Charli’s post below on small unit dynamics: Why is that? It is because unlike a bomber crew, they don’t have a bomber, unlike a tank crew, they don’t have a tank; unlike a howitzer crew, they don’t have a cannon; and unlike the radio section, […]
…goals that, whatever their merits, certainly have nothing to do with what Chris Christie is trying to do.
You know, I used to think that Barack Obama would make a vastly better president than the Donald (or even the Donalde), but if a washed up sixth-string child star thinks otherwise, I might have to rec