Hisham Matar has an interesting piece in today’s New York Times, “Seeing What We Want to See in Qaddafi.” The writer suggests that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi continues to rule Libya as a tyrant, disappearing his critics, and cultivating a climate of fear — particularly among those who might engage in public dissent.
Former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who demonstrated real rather than feigned leadership on the day of and weeks following September 11, 2001, has said that there is a “good chance” he will run for the Republican presidential nomination.
The New York Times‘ William Broad and David Sanger have written a thoughtful piece questioning the Iran as 900 pound nuclear gorilla. It’s a piece long overdue. While I agree with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R.
George Soros’s words often kick up storms. And another storm has hit. This time it’s about comparing America today and Nazi Germany — and how states deal with their not-so-pleasant pasts.
There’s quite a lot of fascinating action over at the Washington Hilton. The smart state party chairs are working bloggers row — as well as some of the candidates. Dennis Kucinich‘s people look like they are having the most fun.
Joe Biden, knowing everything he knows today, probably would not vote yes on that resolution make the same comments about his friend, colleague, and presidential primary competitor Barack Obama that he made the other day. Language is important.
Tomorrow at 12:15 p.m., I will chair a meeting that is open to the public with the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Handelsblatt, Germany’s largest business daily.
I helped organize a forum this morning for the distribution of a report Terrorism: A Brief for Americans by businessman Richard Vague at an early morning meeting in the Senate. Despite the ridiculousness of sending out the invite the evening before, we got a respectable audience there by 9 am.
(op-ad that appeared in the New York Times before the invasion of Iraq; sponsored by the Florence Fund and TomPaine.com) Richard Vague is one of the country’s powerhouse CEOs.
TWN has secured testimony being offered by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski tomorrow morning in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 9:30 a.m. Brzezinski will be paired with former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft who will testify about their views on the strategic context of America’s actions in Iraq.
