Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
PEACHES TIGHTENS THE GIRDLE Maureen Dowd Joe Biden didn’t talk that much yesterday for Joe Biden. And he told Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker that they shouldn’t talk too much, either, so that members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would have time to get in their questions. Even though the senators often […]
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MoreTHE 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 […]
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