Month: July 2009

Did you know that Al Franken played baggage handler #1 in the Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd movie Trading Places?

One of the things I think politicians are least inclined to do is to create problems for themselves on bills that will never become law. So, for example, so long as ‘centrist’ Democrats knew that the Employee Free...

There are certain votes that are easy to attack and difficult to defend. I do not mean, necessarily, that these votes are morally problematic. They are often just the opposite. What I mean is that they take more time and energy...

Bush held hands with Saudi Princes as if he were a blushing bride. Obama has been castigated for “bowing” to the Saudi King. Yet almost everyone on both sides of the political aisle agrees that Saudi Arabia is a key...

. US changes course on Afghan opium, says Holbrooke (Christian Science Monitor/AP) – The United States is changing course on anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan, a senior official said, shifting its focus from the destruction...