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.
If this fundraising appeal from Louisiana Senator David Vitter for his campaign to defeat the Law of the Sea Convention weren’t so dishonest and misleading it would be hysterical. Ok, actually, it’s still amazingly funny. For starters, the note includes a header at the top that reads “Personal & Confidential.
For some time now, transatlantic analysts have warned that the NATO deployment of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US troops in Afghanistan is on the precipice of unraveling, and with that will usher in grave questions and implications for the future of NATO and transatlantic ties.
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.
Jacob Heilbrunn has ‘penned’ a fascinating, no punches pulled essay on Samantha Power’s resignation and her place in the foreign policy establishment. I don’t agree with all of it and am myself a Samantha Power fan who thinks that, more than most, she has the ability to think somewhat strategically about ethereal global justice problems….
It’s true, I’ve given Hillary Clinton a harder time for her fear-based messaging than I’ve given Barack Obama for his. Well, I have my reasons.
