Winning More Hearts and Minds in Iraq The Guardian has these quotes about the CIA’s assessment of the Iraqi resistance: One military intelligence assessment now estimates the insurgents’ strength at 50,000. Analysts cautioned that such a figure was speculative, but it does indicate a deep-rooted revolt on a far greater scale than the Pentagon had […]

Warren Buffett’s Interesting Solution for the Trade Deficit Note that I call it an ‘interesting’ solution, rather than ‘sensible’ or ‘good’. I like Buffett – he seems like a decent guy (for a billionaire) and his priorities are basically in the right place, in my opinion. But this idea has some serious problems. In an […]

Bush Takes Advice from France From today’s NYTimes: WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 — The Bush administration, moving up its timetable for self-government in Iraq and yielding to its own handpicked leadership there, has decided to try to hold elections in the first half of next year and turn civilian authority over to a temporary government before […]

The Republicans’ Senate Sleepover Senate Republicans are holding a big PR event in the Senate tonight, with a 30-hour marathon session of sleeping on cots, hot chocolate, late-night gossip and camaraderie, and speeches about the treatment of Bush’s judicial nominations. They want to draw attention to the fact that Senate Democrats, through the use of […]

Recession in 2004? Okay, I don’t really think that we’re going to have a full-blown recession next year in the US. However, as I’ve alluded several times, I do think that economic growth in the US will slow considerably over the next 6-12 months. And in just the last week, I’ve encountered a raft of […]

At Least 14 Italian Soldiers Die in Iraq As you’ve probably heard by now, a car bomb went off in the Italian base in Nasiryiah today, killing numerous Italian soldiers and Iraqis. As you may know, I like to understand what’s happening in the domestic politics of other countries. So here are some quotes of […]

Well Said! From Slacktivist: Don’t forget about the schools — that’s what this war has always been about, the centers of mass instruction. And the Good News is that the schools are open. Mission Accomplished, schools-wise. AB

It’s Been Awhile But I can, in good conscience, link to and endorse this Instapundit post. (Click here for the context). AB

Soros and Large Political Donations Today’s Washington Post has a great piece about the recent donations that George Soros has begun making to liberal advocacy groups. NEW YORK — George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, has given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia. Now […]

Leave California. Now. Ok, it’s not that bad. But I see via Digby that Gov. Schwarzenegger hired Stephen Moore (see this post for background on Moore) as an advisor. Apparently, the US Newswire lets people write the headlines for articles that mention them: Gov. Schwarzenegger Names Stephen Moore to Calif. Audit Committee; Noted Economist and […]