• “A nation that would separate its soldiers from its communicators will have its COIN (counterinsurgency) conducted by mutes and its communications done by the militarily illiterate.” [Small Wars Journal] • “[T]his quirky state law gives voters the right to challenge other voters at the polls for not being sufficiently loyal to the political party [...]

Philosophical dilemma: What is a photo-op tour without the pictures? We here at Time.com do not want anyone to go without. So here are some highlights from John McCain’s “It’s Time for Action Tour” last week, which incidentally is totally different from this week’s “Call to Action Tour.” (Hint: One has a complete sentence for [...]

Sen. Russ Feingold held a hearing this morning on the topic of government secrecy, and he had bombshell of his own — at least it’s news to me: Office of the Director of National Intelligence had notified him that several long-sought opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel concerning interrogation of enemy combatants would be [...]

But one of them jumped right out of the transcript of President Bush’s remarks at today’s ceremony with the Super Bowl champion New York Giants on the South Lawn: Now, they’ve got a lot of experts in our society. Coach, you might know what I’m talking about. And looking back, it’s hard to find many [...]

I asked Justin Fox what he thought of the McCain plan, and here’s what he said.

Apparently intended to appeal to people who care about babies. Not sure who that could possibly be. Script after the jump.

This oughta be interesting: “There are fundamental differences,” McCain told Politico. “[Webb's GI Bill] creates a new bureaucracy and new rules. His bill offers the same benefits whether you stay three years or longer. We want to have a sliding scale to increase retention. I haven’t been in Washington, but my staff there said that [...]

I couldn’t help but think “Awwww….” when this landed in my emailbox a few minutes ago from Obama press secretary Bill Burton… WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues and Chair of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, released the following statement regarding her endorsement of Senator [...]

I’ve always been skeptical that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could really get a health care debate going (though a group of Clinton supporters is trying once again with a new ad in Indiana). The fact is, their two approaches are very similar, and their plans share many of the same features: a requirement that [...]