Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
THE NEW YORK TIMES September 9, 2007 Streetscapes | Woolworth Building By CHRISTOPHER GRAY IT’S like a fungus that runs up and down the tower of the Woolworth Building, at Broadway and Park Place. From every angle the cream-colored surface has dirty, discolored patches, the unanticipated consequences of a major restoration project three decades ago. […]
MoreANOTHER SIX MONTHS FRIEDMAN AT IT AGAIN One of the most troubling lessons of the Iraq invasion is just how empty the Arab dictatorships are. Once you break the palace, by ousting the dictator, the elevator goes straight to the mosque. There is nothing in between — no civil society, no real labor unions, no […]
MoreWEIRDO NEOCON DREAMER MICHAEL O’HANLON By large majorities, Americans distrust Gen. Petreaus’ report and, in general, claims about Progress in Iraq. GLENN GREENWALD-SALON Sep. 09, 2007 | (updated below) The Washington Establishment has spent the last several months glorifying Gen. David Petraeus, imposing the consensus that The Surge is Succeeding, and most importantly of […]
MoreTHIS IS INTERESTING….. September 10, 2007 By BROOKS BARNES NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 — In the race to become a major supplier of original video programming to the Web, Warner Brothers has decided to reverse its direction. The studio, part of Time Warner, plans today to introduce 24 Web productions in a […]
MoreOLD SCHOOL INANITY BY MAUREEN DOWD Dying for a daddy, the Republicans turn their hungry eyes to Fred Fred Thompson acts tough on screen. And like Ronald Reagan, he has a distinctively masculine timbre and an extremely involved wife. In his announcement video, Mr. Thompson stood in front of a desk in what looked like, […]
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