The Double Sputnik of 2008: An End to Illusions
The world might be moving away from communism, but it is not moving toward freedom -- and certainly not carbon reduction.
Voters trust McCain on the war on terror; Obama needs to show them every day why they shouldn't.
The world might be moving away from communism, but it is not moving toward freedom -- and certainly not carbon reduction.
What is particularly noteworthy is where the media bias lies: it's a clear willingness to give John McCain (R) the benefit of the doubt, but not Barack Obama (D).
As Putin watched the U.S plunge into two wars in the Middle East, he saw a power vacuum in his neighborhood. He was playing old-fashioned power politics while his "friend" Bush was trying to remake Arabia.
Were we to learn that the supply of oil is limitless, the emperor's clothes would evaporate and the price of oil would collapse.
I'm not bothered by 41 having an Oedipal thing to work out with 43. I just wish it they could do it around the dinner table, instead of breaking so much crockery on the world stage.
The last week of TV ad wars were really the ADD wars, with both McCain and Obama launching and swapping out TV ads so quickly they couldn't possibly have had any impact in actual paid airings.
New regulations engineered by the Interior Department will allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether infrastructure projects, like dams and highways, would harm endangered species.
Going out and getting stupidly laid and then coming home and reconciling with the wife is not the same as going out, getting stupidly laid, divorcing the crippled wife and marrying the pretty young thing.
Let's strip Bush and Cheney of our hard-earned tax dollars, without gloat or bloodlust, then quickly move on. It's the least we can do. They've more than earned it.
I know that we in the world of hip hop music can be a liability, but we still expect Obama to act accordingly when he is empowered. He doesn't need to lower himself to speak to rappers.
In the annals of U.S.-Russian relations, Secretary of State Rice has proven once again to be not up to the task at effectively managing the one area of foreign policy that is her principal area of expertise -- U.S.-Russian relations.