The Nobodies

I just saw Robert Kuttner on TV and it reminded me about how so many people who have been wrong about so many things continue to gain high-paying posts and media coverage. Bill Kristol also comes to mind. Kuttner was the guy who said in the 80’s that we should imitate the Japanese model of corporate welfare just before Japan went into a ten year recession and missed the whole Internet thing. Kristol pushed for the Iraq War which killed hundreds of thousands, led to a civil war an... more

An interrogator who served in the Iraq War is speaking up about the failures - both moral and practical - of the Bush Administration’s approach to treating detainees: I should have felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August 2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators had successfully hunted down one of the most notorious mass murderers of our generation, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the mastermind of the campaign of suicide... more

Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Given how politically charged the debate over the Iraq War has been, making a television show that depicts the soldiers in the field without lapsing into polemics would seem like quite a challenge, but the seven-part HBO drama Generation Kill manages to do just that. The show aired earlier this year, and despite being the brainchild of The Wire maestros David Simon and Ed Burns and based on the ... more

The candidate proposing peace and commerce with the mainland, and continued de facto political independence, has won. Now all Taiwan needs is a determination for political independence from the US....... more

Murray is doing great in his NJ Senate race, notes Paul Mulshine. And here is Paul’s blog about Murray’s nationalist opponent....... more

An appreciation from an Obama supporter of this hyper-creative volunteer ad: "After viewing this ad/promotional video I have an understanding of his position on the war, the presidency and why we are in a whole heap of trouble. It is...... more

Dems and Repubs fight over how to wreck Wall Street with more regulation, that is, special privileges for pals of the regime at the expense of customers and competitors. (Thanks to Micah B. Haber.)...... more