Author: David Donadio
By David Donadio • Nov 09,2008

Obama administration’s first leak?

Or Bush administration sticking them with it? The New York Times reports (advance from tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune): WASHINGTON: The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority...

By David Donadio • Nov 08,2008

When does bad taste become violence?

I couldn’t resist Googling around about Danzig the other night. It’s pretty hilarious the sorts of things you find on the internets. But this mySpace page is particularly disturbing. At...

By David Donadio • Nov 08,2008

Berlusconi reflux

My sister’s got a nice roundup of Berlusconi gaffes, in light of his latest: ROME — Italians never quite know whether to laugh or cry at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi....

By David Donadio • Nov 07,2008

Good grief

If this New York Times piece is true, it’s time to start rethinking U.S. policy toward Georgia: TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning...

By David Donadio • Nov 07,2008

Richard Danzig

Every time I hear that former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig is being considered for Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration, I can’t help but think of this:...

By David Donadio • Nov 06,2008

Obama’s victory speech

Belatedly, I think Barack Obama’s speech on election night was one of the finest pieces of American political oration in years, and maybe in decades: If there is anyone out...