The Republican strategy for trying to hold the Congress seems transparent enough: repeat, as often as possible, the words "Democrats cut and run" as often as possible. Versions of this strategy have worked before. It could work again. Rather than...
The Arrogance of Power by Senator J. William Fulbright Written in 1966 by former Arkansas Senator, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Vietnam War and US foreign policy critic J. William Fulbright, I came upon this treasure because...
Well, well. The case for James Webb as Virginia's Democratic Senate nominee to oppose George Allen was that he supposedly would have greater appeal outside of predominantly Democratic northern Virginia (DC suburbs) than his opponent, Harris Miller. Mark Warner had...
Open primary today in Virginia, during which the Dem Senate nominee to oppose George Allen in the fall will be determined. Prior to 5:30 today I am interested in hearing arguments from denizens who have looked into the matter on...
I like Frank Rich. I think he's perceptive and often keeps his eye on the big pictures when other opinion writers don't. But I thought his column this morning on Al Gore got catty at times. He writes: "If this...
Just wondering if denizens: i) have come across notably good, concise, and historically balanced and rigorous assessments of key truth claims upon which the theory is based, and the theory itself. ii) have any comments on the book, movie or...
This is a question that's been on my mind for some time. As it happens, it is also the title of a 2003 book I just finished reading, published by the pro-free trade DC think tank, the Institute for International...
