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Dysfunctional David Brooks on the CIA

…last paragraph: Not that it will do him much good at this point, but I owe John Kerry an apology. I recently mischaracterized some comments he made to Larry King…

Another $70 Billion

…September, Daniels disputed an estimate by Bush economic adviser Larry Lindsey — who has since left the White House — that war with Iraq could cost $200 billion. Daniels said…

Are your tax dollars paying off Sinclair owners?

…was personally briefed by the CEO of Jadoo, Larry Bawden, about Jadoo products. For the 2004 election, Sinclair executives have donated nearly $59,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign or the Republican…

Not So Swift

…record to win medals, contradict his own version of events. In newspaper interviews and a best-selling book, Larry Thurlow, who commanded a Navy Swift boat alongside Kerry in Vietnam, has…

…Iraq) and, to some extent, by expressing too much faith in Iraq’s rapid transformation into a shining beacon of democracy. The distortions on the cost side were equally egregious. Larry

…retiring from the Senate two years ago. “Helms didn’t just dislike Aristide, Helms loathed Aristide because he saw in Aristide another Castro,” said Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council…

A Little Logic Teeing off on an excerpt from Mayor Gavin Newsom’s appearance Larry King Live, Slacktivist applies a bit of logic: Newsom highlights the contradiction embraced by those who…

…more to the story than just the high rate of productivity growth. Such as? Citing Larry Katz, Krueger proposes numbers 3 and 4 on our list: 3. “Maybe recoveries that…