Tacitus is a fine blogger, and it's really too bad that he's gone on vacation for a month, and turned tacitus.org over to schmoes like this: Which is actually more newsworthy, something we hear about every day (terrorist bombings) or previously unheard of signs that...
Author: Robert Farley
Read Josh Marshall on the uranium hoax. The entire saga is a perfect case study for the difficulties of intelligence work. An implausible narrative is floated to the intelligence agency of.
It's been amusing to watch some of the reaction to the Convention over the last week, especially to Barack Obama. Jesse Taylor at Pandagon has the latest attempt to claim Obama.
Island of Balta believes ""In 20 years, we will look back and say that the single greatest failure of this Administration was the fact that it allowed Iran time to build the bomb." This got me thinking. Balta may well be right. However, there are...
Via Kevin Drum, Iran has broken the remaining seals on its nuclear equipment. Looks like they're going for broke. A few points: 1. This is entirely rational on the part of.
Bill Clinton is the finest political communicator anyone alive has ever seen. He makes Reagan look like a stammering idiot. Even the Fox News crew was in awe. If you.
Just in case you're wondering, we're not in Boston for the Convention. I haven't decided yet what parts of this I'm planning to watch. Tonight seems like the strongest lineup with Gore, Carter, and the Clintons. I'll miss Kerry on Thursday night because of class. Mostly,...
Atrios hates Shattered Glass, while I quite liked it. The movie just left out all the important context. It was noted that Kelly was brought in along with a very rigid.
For the one billionth time, why the hell does this son of a bitch have a job? Update: Yost was, however, a Red Sox coach for several years. ... Kf seems to.
Bird Dog over at Tacitus channels Charles Krauthammer: For me, it's hard to disagree with Krauthammer and this bleak situation. We need an aggressive policy of regime change for Iran, we need to actively foment democratic revolution in this oppressed country and we need to stop...
Check out this interesting piece by Michael Penn over at Juan Cole. Penn is concerned about the increasing willingness of Japan's government to use force, and about the increasing independence of.
The Annie Jacobsen piece has been finding its way around the internet. Here is a fine shredding at Salon; beware the ad. If you're not familiar with the story, Ms. Jacobsen had.