Underneath the catastrophic news, of a near-Biblical level, from Japan, and the continuing civil war in Libya, developments in the rest of the world aren’t too terrific, either. This from Pakistan, by the excellent Mark Mazzetti, is very much worth a read. The notion that the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group that made the Mumbai terrorist attack, [...]
When Barack Obama nominated retired Air Force General James Clapper to be his Director of National Intelligence last June, he hailed him as a man who would speak the truth regardless of the consequences. Clapper, the president said, “possesses a quality that I value in all my advisers: a willingness to tell leaders what we [...]
I was on John King’s CNN show last night and I watched Brian Kennedy of the Wisconsin branch of the American Federation of Teachers say two notable things. First he said that state assembly had “taken a baseball bat to the head of democracy” by voting to limit the powers of public employees unions. This [...]
If you want some idea of how much glee Democrats are deriving from this, just observe the look on David Axelrod’s face this morning as he explained how RomneyCare “inspired our own health-care plan,” why Romney “ought to be proud of it and he ought to embrace it and I’m sure some day he will” [...]
Houses swept out to sea burn following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan on March 11. (Reuters/Yomiuri) –One of the largest earthquakes on record has struck Japan, killing at least 90 people and spawning 23-foot waves. President Obama: “The United States stands ready to help the Japanese people in this time [...]
From the White House.
The White House has refrained from direct engagement with Rep. Peter King’s hearings on domestic radicalization today. But it’s worth noting the testy relationship King, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, had with the Obama’s powerful counterterrorism advisor, John Brennan. King and Brennan–two strong-willed Irishmen from the New York metro area–have [...]
Drunk driving offenders are often given machines to put in their cars that won’t allow the engines to start unless the offender blows in a tube to prove that he or she has not been drinking. In certain parts of the U.S., these are affectionately called “Blow ‘N’ Go’s.” And nine senators submitted a bill [...]
