By Feb 11,2009

The WaPo gets it

To my surprise, this morning’s Post had a whole article about how Obama caricatures the opponents of the stimulus as people who want to do nothing in the midst of...

By Feb 11,2009

The Af-Pak Dilemma

I was going to respond to David Adesnik’s post directly when Christian Brose went ahead and did part of it for me—sort of: Now, don’t get me wrong: The two...

By Feb 11,2009

Pressing question

‘Juno’ is on HBOW right now, and I’m struck by a question that I can’t remember was ever really acknowledged by that film: What if Michael Cera’s character had wanted...

By Feb 10,2009

Reagan’s Virtues and Republican Myths

20 years after he left the Oval Office and nearly five years since hey died, two things seem clear: Ronald Reagan’s achievements were greater than seemed possible at the time...

By Feb 10,2009

Obama live!

The President held his first live news conference last night. I thought it was very interesting how Obama kept attacking the same strawman, an alleged group of Republicans that would...