Here are more details on the attack that killed nine U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan yesterday. As I feared, this was a very well organized and massive–200 fighters!–assault. And then, there’s also this: The Afghan cabinet accused the Pakistani Army and premier intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence, or ISI, of being behind a recent spate [...]
Oh my. Maybe this is some Meg Whitman idea to raise money for the campaign via eBay. I can name a few Democrats who would pay well for a pair.
I’m skeptical that the legions of disappointed Hillary fans will do much damage to the party or Obama in the end. But they’re gonna have fun trying. Here‘s the latest taking-their-ball-and-going-home threat: On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton suspended her historic campaign for President. To her 18 million voters, it may have seemed like [...]
• “The ACLU contends those blanket powers to grab international communications of Americans without specific court orders violate the Fourth Amendment and would stymie journalists who often speak to confidential sources outside the country.” [Threat Level] • “‘Where does he get his porn?’ conservative talk show host Michael Smerconish asked me in an interview just [...]
In this week’s New Yorker, if you can make it past the cover, Rick Hertzberg articulates a line of thinking I’ve heard from (among others) my husband: Obama, it turns out, is a politician. In this respect, he resembles the forty-three Presidents he hopes to succeed, from the Father of His Country to the wayward [...]
Having slept on it, I now count myself pretty firmly in the David Remnick camp. Two pieces of analysis helped push me over the edge. First, TIME’s own James Poniewozik frames the question about the cover properly: The question that matters politically is: what effect will the picture have on other people? Questions like this—which [...]
Just wanted allow my belated condolences for Tony Snow’s passing. I didn’t know him well, but — as the numerous testimonials that have been posted attest — even the briefest contact with him revealed his enormous charm. He also was genuinely interested in intellectual sparring, and relished in forcing White House reporters to expand their [...]
A story just posted on Time.com: A contradiction lies at the heart of the quadrennial presidential nominating conventions. These most grand celebrations of the democratic process are, in fact, private affairs, organized for club members of the political parties, not the general public. The best after-hours events are thrown for corporate sponsors and high-dollar donors, [...]
