Category: Politics & World Affairs
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When it comes to the disastrous Iraq war and its aftermath, Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps Australian P.M. John Howard remain the last two aggressively optimistic voices among world leaders. Even George Bush has admitted on a couple of occasions that things have not gone well in Iraq or that he is too well…
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It is more than 21 months before the 2008 presidential election. But the campaigns are in full swing and the gloves are coming off. As I had predicted, the long shadow of Bill Clinton is following Hillary Rodham Clinton everywhere she goes. H. Clinton is having to deflect criticism directed not just at herself but…
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The newly launched on line news site The Politico has conducted an interesting survey. Current US senators were asked to respond to four questions about the Iraq war – then and now. The questions are: Did you vote to authorize the use of force against Iraq in 2002? If you voted yes, do you regret…
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The Iraq war’s tumultous aftermath has given rise to another unusual situation. The Bush administration, hardly the champion of human rights and compassion, is working hard to save Saddam Hussein’s former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan from execution. Ramadan was first sentenced to life imprisonment by the Iraqi trial court. Subsequently the appeals court ruled…
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Among the current Democratic presidential candidates, John Edwards appears to be the favorite with a large section of the liberal blogosphere. Edwards, who is running a populist campaign about the "Two Americas," posed on the front yard of a damaged New Orleans home to announce his candidacy. He is catching the usual right wing flak…
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In light of the recent UN resolution that "urges all member states ‘unreservedly to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part, or any activities to this end’" and the German bid to make Holocaust denial a crime in all EU countries, Namit at Shunya’s Notes, asks some…
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I see that Sujatha has already published a post on Texas governor Rick Perry’s order to make vaccination with Gardasil mandatory for 11-12 year girls in Texas. Many other states are considering a similar move. I nearly fell off my chair at the breakfast table yesterday morning when I read on the front page of…
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The right wing of the Republican Party is probably quite pleased with the line up of presidential hopefuls on the Democratic side. So far, they see front runners with obvious weaknesses that won’t play in Preoria in 2008. Here is how the Dems stack up: Hillary Clinton: Shadows of Bill Clinton, liberal, woman, feminist (read…
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Whatever she may have meant, should Hillary Clinton be saying this? I guess Bill Clinton ought to take note. It’s pay back time and I don’t blame her! I thought it was quite funny. During a question-and-answer session yesterday morning, a voter asked the Democratic presidential frontrunner how she’d deal with "evil, greedy, rotten, power-hungry…
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Texas Governor Rick "Good Hair" Perry recently had his inaugural bash in Austin. Due to icy weather, the planned outdoors event was moved indoors. Undeterred by freezing temps, Perry had a rousing (more like hell raising) party to celebrate his re-election. It was a classic (and disgraceful) "watch what I do, not what I say"…
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