Washington, DC is actually, really, seriously becoming a hip place. Helene Cooper — the New York Times‘ diplomatic correspondent — is occasionally forced to write for other sections of her paper, and she’s been asserting that DC hipsterism is on the upswing more by assertion than empirical surveys. . .but I’m now with her.
This was an exchange last night on Lehrer News Hour between my friend and former colleague Nir Rosen and AEI scholar and “surge architect” Frederick Kagan: JIM LEHRER: And now, two very different views of the surge. They come from two frequent visitors to Iraq.
Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama can publicly acknowledge that either would accept the 2nd slot on a Democratic ticket because it would spell the end of their campaign. But I have to take exception to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comment that a joint ticket is impossible.
Here is The Nelson Report‘s take on CENTCOM Commander William Fallon’s resignation dismissal: The Nelson Report – 12 March 2008 FALLON FIRED…insubordination, not Iran war risk FALLON…the speed with which Adm. Fallon’s “retirement” was announced by DOD Secretary Gates tells you the real story: this came right from the White House.
Admiral William “Fox” Fallon — CentCom Commander — has been fired for insubordination, for not stewarding his own views about war and peace privately and in a way that did not embarrass his commander in chief.
The political tremors emanating from the news that Eliot Spitzer met a prostitute in Washington, DC at the Mayflower Hotel are obvious, but a friend of mine who is an expert on probability theory suggested to me that beneath the surface noise, this is really just a “dog bites man” story.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s acknowledged encounters with a prostitution ring probably hurt Hillary Clinton and help Barack Obama.
I had to laugh when I read this blog comment about my site redesign. I’m relieved that we are moving to a “new look” and owe a brilliant guy — named Andrew — a ton for making this come together.
I’m a “criteria guy.” We are going through a hiring process at the New America Foundation, and I am one of the folks who harps a lot about establishing criteria for decisions. But I think that these criteria should be obvious to all.
Yesterday, I lunched with Last King of Scotland Director Kevin McDonald on the set of his new film, State of Play. McDonald told me that on Saturday he and Russell Crowe and some others were racing a car in a scene around the Library of Congress.
