Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus found himself the center of a scrum of reporters Saturday as the Senate worked through the weekend on health care reform, though not for the usual reasons. The topics did not include the public option, abortion, health care affordability or his hearings on global warming legislation but, rather, his [...]
This piece by David Sanger reminds me of several points that have gone unmentioned in the discussions of the President’s new Afghan policy: 1. The policy and troop surge is not intended to “defeat” the Taliban; indeed, there’s a recognition that the Tals will always be a part of the picture in Afghanistan. The intent [...]
A correction published today by the Washington Post: A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. Here is the story, as corrected. More importantly the video for “911 Is A Joke”–released in 1990 [...]
In Singapore last month, the President Obama’s Senior Director for Russia, Mike McFaul, announced that the U.S. and Russia would not be able to conclude an agreement on the a follow-on to the START nuclear warhead treaty before Saturday, Dec. 5, when it is set to expire. “We have a bridging agreement that we also [...]
File under Super-Fauna Drama: Tai Shan, aka “Butterstick,” for those who do not live in the Washington D.C. area, is a cute panda bear. Really cute. (See pictures here.) Born about four years ago at the National Zoo, he is the property of the People’s Republic of China. And Panda diplomacy, it seems, has its [...]
Up on Capitol Hill Thursday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke painted yet another grim picture for the future of work in America: The high unemployment rate is a major concern because we’re seeing, not just 10 percent unemployment, but we’re seeing very long duration of unemployment. We’re seeing a lot of people on part-time work or [...]
