We once had a ‘war on alcohol,’ which we called Prohibition. We Americans are good at war with things,…
nixon
Time for another Nixon-Kissinger style trip to Beijing—this time to Moscow
In 1972, exactly 43 years and four months ago, newly elected President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor, Henry…
Are There No Successes in this Two-Term Presidency?
October 10, 2007 New York Times Editorial Unmuzzling the Federal Watchdogs In a bipartisan rebuff of White House hubris, the…
The Case for Not Waiting Out This Presidency
It’s almost too apparent to compare current refusals-to-submit of the Bush-Cheney White House with the bad old days of Richard…
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
It tires me to hear the constant complaint of Americans that ‘they’ (whoever’s life we’re changing at the moment) just…
Among the Policies That Don’t Work, Add the Drug War
Policies, we have policies. Our government may be short on solutions and polarized beyond all help, transfixed in the headlights…