In the Arena

It’s a Mixed Bag, Josh

Josh Marshall wants to me to follow up on the column I wrote a few weeks ago, suggesting that John McCain would run an honorable presidential campaign–and I can only thank him for the reminder because I was thinking about posting yesterday about McCain’s cheesy nonsense about Obama being endorsed by Hamas. If McCain wants [...]

In the Arena

The Generals Problem

More from the New York Times today about the former generals who are doing TV analysis about the war. The Pentagon is stopping special briefings for the generals…but I don’t think that’s such a big deal. The problem isn’t the briefings–journalists get briefings all the time; sometimes there’s useful information, sometimes not. The real problem [...]