By • Oct 08,2009

What does it mean to be non-partisan?

I just sent off a post to a listserv discussion about J Street and AIPAC.   After one AIPAC member described the organization as non-partisan, a critic shot back that AIPAC...

By • Oct 08,2009

Detroit: Totally screwed

Interesting dispatch from Detroit over at the Corner: Detroit — In a scene reminiscent of Great Depression riots, Detroit’s Cobo Center — the city’s major convention center, in the downtown...

By • Oct 07,2009

Used car salesman and pundit?

He is the demented comedian who gave us Uncle Sugar. He also analyzes public policy in his role as associate director of the Regulatory Studies Program at George Mason University....

By • Oct 07,2009

Let’s make a deal

I’ll stop using “Hollywood” as a blanket term that tars all those who live there as residents of a seedy den of iniquity if you stop using “Washington DC” as...

By • Oct 06,2009

Reading Bob Gates’ mind

Everyone wants to know what he’s thinking. If Gates says no more troops for Afghanistan, Obama can say “Why send more troops if George Bush’s secretary of defense says they’re...