Israeli Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz to Obama Administration: give Iran an ultimatum.
John Brennan: Obama’s (Holy) Ghost Warrior
President Obama is expected to pick counterterrorism czar John Brennan as his new CIA chief at 1 p.m. today.
President Obama To Tap Ex-GOP Senator Chuck Hagel for Pentagon
Monday afternoon, President Obama is expected to nominate former Republican senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to serve as secretary of defense.
From Cliff to Ceiling
The relentlessly sane Michael Tomasky shows why the next silly Washington crisis is manufactured, synthetic baloney.
The Weird Resonance of #Mintthecoin
Here is a thought exercise. It’s 3013. You’re a historian, and you want to teach your students about the temporary dementia that gripped the political-media complex a millennium ago. I submit that you could do worse than to give …
Obama’s “Alice in Wonderland” Veil of Secrecy
A federal judge scratches her head at White House secrecy around the targeted killing of an American citizen.
Barney Frank for Senate?
I’ve known Barney for more than 40 years and he’s been a terrific public servant, with one exception: his non-oversight of FNMA (Fannie-Mae) as House Banking Committee chair. That should eliminate him from consideration as even a temporary Senator.
A Major Political Prediction for 2013
So you want to know what happens next? Don’t we all.
I happen to work in an industry built upon two things: reliable reporting about what has happened, and unreliable projections about what might happen in the future. It’s not that the projections are always wrong. It’s just that you would be a fool to believe that they are …
Obama v. Neoconservatives
This week’s print column: whether or not the President appoints Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense next week, he’s going to be facing a foreign policy fight over Israel and Iran with the neoconservatives.
The Next Cliff: Another Round of Debt Brinkmanship Looms
Originally devised as a solution to the last round of debt-limit negotiations, the fiscal cliff instead sets up another round of hostage taking.
CNN 2013
We decided to ring the New Year in with CNN–obviously, Swamp spouse and I are wild party beasts–and we saw this. Oh my.