If you don’t already know about it, the ongoing battle between Time magazine’s Joe Klein and the hard-line neo-conservatives at Commentary’s Contentions blog, as well as the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Abe Foxman (whose recent silence on the issue suggests...
House Judiciary Panel Hearings on ‘Imperial Presidency’
Spurred by Rep. Dennis Kucinich's calls for impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee held hearings today on the "Imperial Presidency." This hearing was broadcast on CSPAN and is archived here: Part 1 Part 2 Witnesses includes former representatives Bob Barr and...
Cheney Must Be Very Angry
If, as I do, you believe that the writings of the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes reflect the views of Dick Cheney, particularly on matters having to do with the “Axis of Evil,†then you would have to conclude from the lead editorial in this week’s edition...
Should the Israelis Arrest Benny Morris?
As Justin Raimondo points out in his article this morning, "A Brazen Evil," noted Israeli scholar Benny Morris wrote an op/ed in Friday's New York Times, "Using Bombs to Stave Off War," in which he advocated that the U.S. government or the Israeli government attack...
A Kristol-Odierno Meeting at Fort Hood?
I missed the interview, but Colonel Pat Lang, the former senior intelligence officer and Middle East expert whose blog I always find highly informative, plain-spoken, and not a little provocative, is certainly asking the right questions about Bill Kristol’s...
Protesting HCR 362 at Nancy Pelosi’s House
Over 100 San Francisco antiwar activists protested against the Iran blockade bill, HCR 362, at Nancy Pelosi's house on Saturday. The protest was emotional, and three people were arrested for trespassing. This coverage was the lead story on KRON Channel 4's evening...
McCain as Neo-Con, Obama as Neo-Con
I’m not a big fan of The New Republic, but there are two articles in the July 30 edition that are well worth a read. The first essay is by the always-insightful John Judis, who two years ago wrote the best account to date of McCain’s evolution from realist to...
Gary Sick on Iran and the Hawk-Realist Power Balance
Gary Sick, an acute observer of U.S.-Iranian relations for more than three decades who served on the National Security Council staff under president Ford, Carter and Reagan and now teaches at Columbia University, wrote a brief comment today on the latest developments...
Candidates Punt on Iraq-Israel
Ray’s Stray Thoughts Candidates Speak: Un-Reality About Iraq (Updated) You say you expected more rhetoric than reality from Senators Obama and McCain yesterday in their speeches on Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, that’s certainly what you got. What I find...
Is McCain About to ‘Refine’ His Withdrawal Plan, Too?
Don’t be surprised if Sen. John McCain “refines†his own Iraq plans very soon, just as his campaign has accused Barack Obama of doing. In an article in Monday’s USA Today, ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane, a key architect and supporter of the “Surgeâ€, who is...
