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Charles Krauthammer’s Refreshing Dip Into Selective History

How much France may have flipped is far from determined and will take more than a statement at the U.N--a statement that more nearly announces Sarkozy’s arrival on the world stage than it does change the mix in Europe. France is heavily Muslim, heavily invested in Iran and ‘nuclear ambitions’ are in the eye of the beholder—Iran claims a need for nuclear energy.

What Sets Them Apart is What Sets Them Off

One of the great attributes that sets Americans apart from most of their world kin is what sets them off. Kate got pissed on an Austin, Texas runway and in no time had 18,000 signatures on a petition holding Congress’s feet to the fire to pass a bill of rights for passengers. She wants regulation and by god, she wants it now, before another passenger sits another hour (or ten) on some dumb runway without so much as a Perrier or an apology.

Automated Targeting, Cruise-Control for What Hitler Had to Do By Hand

I’m mad as hell. I’ve written in as moderate and civilized a manner as is possible (for me) for seven years now about this evil band of co-conspirators we call an administration. No matter, the gloves are off. I am like Howard Beale, the newscaster in the 1976 film Network. Grab some dialogue;

Living in Absurdistan--the State of American Health Care

President Bush not only denounced, but threatened to veto a congressional plan to insure kids who have no health insurance, calling it a step “down the path to government-run health care for every American.” I wonder if he realizes how stunningly oxymoronic that sounds, as costs among private insurers rose over 6% this year, following a rise of near 8% last year.

Jim Moran, the Courtesy Man

But the Jim Moran who’s getting fried by the Washington Post is a different guy. This Moran is a congressman from Virginia and Amy Gardner’s headline, Moran Upsets Jewish Groups Again sounds like upsetting Jewish groups was Jim’s main stock in trade.

Alan Greenspin Finally Writes His CYA Memoir

Alan Greenspan was, for a time, one of the more favorably looked-upon Chairmen of the Federal Reserve, an organization only seen as through a glass, darkly. We humans have an imperfect perception of reality and a tendency to make our own when it suits us, particularly at the end of long and contentious lives.

Investors Buoyed by the Big Mac

The stock market rallied because two companies (one a failed automaker and the other a fat-food purveyor in the midst of an obesity crisis) had upbeat news. Well, we live in a society where the beat beats the content, where it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, so why not?

The General’s Thoughts Aside, What Do Iraqis Think?

On this sixth anniversary of the multiple attacks on America, while General Petraeus is giving testimony before Congress and Ryan Crocker paints the Bush position, it might be a good time to check in on what Iraqis are thinking.

Everything Comes (Eventually) on the Wings of Business—Even Health Care

Single-payer national health care isn’t going to get here because it would be the right thing to do. And it hasn’t a prayer of showing up as a response to the 45, 46, 47 million (and counting) Americans who don’t have it.

We’ll Take the Money and Run

I can’t help but wonder what Steve Mufson over at the Washington Post has been smoking. Somehow or another, he seems to think that the overpowering and financially secure Big Coal interests in the nation are on the run.