Feb 28 2009
Be Patient
You'll see a lot in the news this week about the casualty figures released over the weekend…
Archive for February, 2009
Feb 26 2009
Truth Be Told
WASHINGTON — Truth be told, Barack Obama may be the most charismatic and articulate public speaker in America today. Give him carefully crafted prose, well-wrapped applause lines, a teleprompter and an audience, and he…
Feb 19 2009
Stealth Surge
WASHINGTON — The economy is stuck on “meltdown.” The Cabinet still has vacancies. The ruling political party on Capitol Hill is obsessed with pork, and the mainstream media are fixated on Ottawa’s Obama-mania. When…
Feb 13 2009
War of the Worms
If I woke up one morning and discovered that cockroaches had invaded my kitchen, I'd immediately take action to fix the problem.
Feb 12 2009
Failure To Launch
WASHINGTON — From the day that Barack Obama wrested the presidential nomination from Hillary Rodham Clinton, his presidency became, according to those who were running his campaign, “inevitable.” Even before winning…
Feb 05 2009
Stimulate Defense
WASHINGTON — This past Wednesday, President Barack Obama chastised the U.S. Senate to get on with delivering an “economic stimulus package,” saying that “failure to act, and act now, will turn a crisis into a…
Feb 01 2009
Twenty Cents a Day
This godforsaken hole on the eastern flats of Ethiopia calls itself 'The queen of the desert.'
