In another dispatch from L’Aquila, Italy, Jeff Israely and I have a new TIME.com piece about the waning importance of the G8+5+1+5, and silliest math equation in international diplomacy. We have also posted a piece about the Silvio Berlusconi factor–what Jose Saramago calls the “Thing”–which lingers over the G8 (+etc.) proceedings.
Ah, the memories! I was with Clinton that day in Ghana as well. It was a day–and a trip–that I still regard as among the most amazing experiences I have ever had. We didn’t have this blog back then, but I was able to find one of my dispatches here. I envy you this one, [...]
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus had hoped to be unveiling a bill around now, but instead is looking for ways to fill a gaping funding hole on the order of $300 billion or so over the next 10 years. That’s because Majority Leader Harry Reid has told him that his original plan to tax [...]
On the need for Barack Obama to renew his domestic policy focus. This column could easily have been longer, and I know there will be some disagreement over the positions I favor. Here are a few notes and further explanations: 1. On the carbon tax and the inadequacy of cap-and-trade, here’s a terrific paper by [...]
Hmmm. The U.S. has released five Iranian “diplomats” who have been held in Iraq for the past several years. They were taken and held in Erbil at the height of the insurgency, on strong evidence that they were actually Revolutionary Guards operatives involved in the traffic in shaped charges, the extremely powerful late-generation roadside bombs [...]
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