Archives: September 2008

Out of deference to my colleague, Jeffrey Lewis, my piece on China’s next high altitude moves is “temporarily” on hold. It has not been deleted…just shelved for a day or two pending further info.

Whether or not she makes it to the White House and Old Executive Office Building on the McCain ticket, Sarah Palin is going to make a ton of $$ on a memoir — particularly with stories like this continuing to bubble to the surface.

Newly elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is his government’s latest political tycoon. He spent many years imprisoned and harassed by former President Pervez Musharraf. His wife, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated.

I really like Michael Dobbs. He’s generally fair and balanced in sifting through truth and fantasy spun by candidates on all sides of any ticket. . .sort of a “just the facts, ma’am” kind of guy.

Congressman and financial policy wizard Barney Frank (D-MA) is sanguine about these takeovers. He thinks that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is taking the right steps and will steady and balance Freddie and Fannie. My own view is that when the U.S.

Last evening, I attended the moving wedding of my friend Mark Brzezinski and his beautiful new wife Natalia Lopatniuk. The ceremony and dinner were held at the National Museum for Women in the Arts — which has a wonderful collection of painting and sculpture I had never seen before.

This 3 minute clip has some pretty darned good stuff from Joe Biden.

(Wasilla Public Library in 1950s) I’m about the last in the blogosphere to paste this balanced and sober historiography of Sarah Palin’s life and views — as told by a fellow resident of Wasilla, Alaska.

A friend from CNN just sent me this video clip from Tuesday, 26 August in Denver. I liked it as it reminded me how incredibly exciting the opening days of the Dem convention were.