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...

By • Oct 06,2009

Is McChrystal out of line?

Mike O’Hanlon says no. Eugene Robinson says, The men with the stars on their shoulders — and I say this with enormous respect for their patriotism and service — need...

By • Oct 04,2009

Obama’s misleading scare tactics

Last month, I gave the President a hard time for denouncing GOP scare tactics, while relying on his scary stories to build support for his healthcare plan. On Monday, ABC’s...

By • Oct 02,2009

Carl Levin’s Afghan flip-flop

Goldfarb has the goods. Four-and-a-half months ago, Chairman Carl Levin and eight other Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee signed a letter to President Obama that began We...

By • Oct 02,2009

Brooks declares war on talk radio

David Brooks’ column this morning is a guns-blazing assault on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and the rest of the conservative talk radio-sphere. As Pete noted earlier, Brooks also...