Month: December 2009

The president has been getting some resistance from within his party for several new proposals, but an extremely consequential area of conflict is being largely overlooked. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning...

Hello again painting fans. This week I’ll be continuing with the Cape May, New Jersey painting.  The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I’ll be using my usual acrylics on an unusual 6 by 6 inch...

I’ve been an incurable political junkie for about ten years now, maybe twelve. For the past five years I’ve spent six-to-twelve hours a day reading or writing about politics, almost every single day. If you...

I watched Afghan Ambassador to the United States Said Tayeb Jawad give a speech and take questions today at the Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He is a good spokesman for his...

BENEATH THE SPIN * ERIC L. WATTREE Cheney Certainly Didn’t ‘Dither’ During Vietnam – He Hauled Ass Where is Dick Cheney’s shame? And where is the shame of the people who are supposed to be covering...