The Case for McCain: "The sad failures of government-centered economic development have proven that private markets are the only true hope for sustained ...
India's New Role Models By AMIT VARMA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA February 1, 2008 MUMBAI, India Twenty years ago, no one could have imagined that four of the...
This from Taranto today on Paul Krugman's comments on Obama in his NY Times Column Today: The Class Is Half Empty Former Enron adviser Paul Krugman seems to...
Taranto comments today on Jimmy Carter's famous acknowledgement of lusting in his heart after women and what it reveals of his character . . . or doesn't: ...
... <SWMirsky@...> cited: Former Enron adviser Paul Krugman seems to have a strong dislike for Barack Obama, and some on the right seem to see this as a strong...
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Closing Income Gap Tops Obama's Agenda for Economic Change Damon Winter/The New York Times By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: February 2, 2008 WICHITA, Kan. —...
[I assume that this Christian Peacemaker account is accurate. Not a very friendly place, Hebron. Doubt that peace can seriously be achieved under these brutal...
Yesterday I heard a knowledgeable British professor summarizing the degenerating situation in Iraq. He suggested that Maliki -- representing a minority...
... Everyone knows that one cannot control a seriously resistant occupied territory -- without massive force and brutality. ================= This is a case of...
Store these words away for the future, Rohit. There are facts and not just the ideologies that you suggest. By conservative judgment 150,000 Iraqis have been...
I have no idea what you are talking about, Ed. I merely pointed out that Iraqis come in many flavors. How your remarks relate to what I said, or for that...
... the ... Doesn't that bother you at all? Are we to assume that a politician should dissemble or, at least, conceal his opinions in the nomination process in...
... occupied ... resistant ... of ... in ... as ... Two questions: 1) What is this Bush "subterfuges and evasions" you have in mind? 2) What makes you think...
Who Was Hillary Clinton? February 2, 2008; Page A10 Hillary Clinton is running for President based in large part on her experience, especially her eight years...
... <SWMirsky@...> wrote: What makes you think the left is "presumably better educated"? It's true that most academics are on the left but is that alone an ...
... What shall we label you, Rohit. Anyone have some suggestions to match his? I find the constant personal attacks puerile. Maybe Rohit is a spiritual...
... constant ... Yes, I agree that the kangaroo remark was a little strange and out of place. But I don't think Ed meant it in a racist, or similarly ...
... <SWMirsky@...> wrote: Yes, I agree that the kangaroo remark was a little strange and out of place. But I don't think Ed meant it in a racist, or similarly ...
... of ... at ... observe. ... to ... as ... of ... Yes, well I think your assessment is correct on that score. Ed does seem to assume that those who disagree...
... <SWMirsky@...> wrote: It's actually a very religionist way of seeing these kinds of issues. I have long since given up trying to reason with Ed about this....
... issues. ... On ... something ... Hmmm, I would say not. For what it's worth (since I no longer count myself a Buddhist) I would say he meant that we need...
Rohit, not to press this further, the disasters unfolding in Iraq and Afghanistan have nothing to do with right or left. They are facts available on the BBC...
Ed, "irritation" is not an analysis or a reasoned discussion. You need to analyze the situation, present the facts fairly, make a suggestion, and be prepared...
THE AMERICAS Desperado By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY February 4, 2008; Page A14 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120209345977739855.html In 1981, Argentine...
I am becoming increasingly worried about the authenticity of Barack Obama. My first source of doubts was a report on npr by his friend and journalist who had...
There is an Op Ed article today in the NY Times accusing Bush of issuing too few pardons and denying many for which a fair case could be made. The Op Ed says:...
But Obama did not vote to authorize the war on Iraq and he did not vote to declare the Republican guards of Iran a terrorist organization, as "your favourite...
Actually it looks like Ed is reserving his venom, for the moment, for Obama rather than turning it on the other Republicans (as I expected once Giuliani was...