Canadian TV (CTV) caused a kafuffle yesterday when they reported that a “senior member” of Obama’s campaign called the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Wilson to warn him that the Illinois Senator would be taking some “heavy swings” at NAFTA but not to take such language too seriously as it’s all just “campaign rhetoric.” [...]
A tour of the ethnic groups: Excellent reporting from the Washington Post on the not very happy members of the Sunni Awakening Councils. The local election law–the most important piece of legislation passed by the Iraqi parliament–is shot down by the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, the Shi’ite faction favored by the U.S. Fears that Sadrists [...]
Back when I was a cub reporter at a newspaper bureau in Easthampton, Mass., my colleague and I would play this game: First, come up with an obscure 10-dollar word, then see which one of us could get it past our editors and into the paper. The planning was always more fun than the execution. [...]
In the new issue of dead-tree TIME, I take a look at the role that Bill Clinton–once considered his wife’s best asset–has played in putting her campaign into the predicament in which it now finds itself. Also, what he is privately trying to do to fix it.
