We most often hear about public opinion polls that make Americans seem like blithering idiots who are lucky to get through the day without tripping over their own stupidity: More people can name a Jonas Brother than a Supreme Court Justice! A shocking percentage don’t know which party controls Congress! They believe in UFOs! So [...]
My latest dispatch from London–never been able to write that before–is a story on why Obama’s surprise mention of global trade imbalances yesterday may be the biggest news you won’t hear much about at the global meeting of world leaders.
A poignant moment, as a former Speaker returns to the House Chamber. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.c-spanarchives.org/flash/cspanPlayer.swf" fvars=" pid=285006-1 ; clipStart=14569.00 ; clipStop=14669 ; autoplay=0 " width="365" height="340" /] People don’t talk much about Jim Wright any more. But those of us who were around back then can recall a time when it appeared that he was on [...]
Here’s the link to the CNN video. Two questions: 1. Who knew Prince Philip is so short? 2. Why is the Queen carrying that handbag around her own house? (I’ve always suspected it is where she keeps her Taser.)
Jeff Goldberg has an interview with Binyamin Netanyahu that is probably more depressing than alarming, since you’ve got to figure that the new Israeli prime minister is mostly blowing smoke when it comes to his over-the-top talk about Iran. (He’s entitled to blow, by the way, so long as the mullahs go around talking about [...]
on winning a much-deserved Peabody Award. Thoughtful, informed and timely, the political talk show that sets the standard for the genre supplemented its contribution to the national discourse in 2008 with a series of live events far outside the Beltway.
Here’s the latest from me on yesterday’s global warming gyrations on the Hill.
He’ll have a chance to enjoy many relaxing hours in that Brookstone massage chair after all. NPR’s Nina Totenberg reports this morning that AG Eric Holder has decided to drop all charges against the cantakerous former Senator from Alaska.: According to Justice Department officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to drop the case [...]
UPDATE: Obama will visit Moscow in July. The news is actually quite encouraging. This afternoon (London time), Barack Obama met with his Russian counterpart Dmitriy Medvedev and much of the talk centered on nukes, as if Jelly Beans were still in vogue and Duran Duran was still burning up the charts. After the meeting, the [...]
