Category: long story short

“There was not a time and place of an attack….” Let’s be fair. No one could have known to protect against hijacking at airports, before the planes even took off!

1. Until recently, the key assumption was that the number of jobs created between now and the election would determine the result. But the context was that, given the Republican edge on security and defense, only a very bad economic picture could turn the vote against them. With that security edge blunted, the Democrats’ advantage…

The National Academy of Sciences says we are currently in an ideal period for conducting experiments that test basic causal relationships. It is very common for a theory to maintain that a certain condition will produce the same effect with absolute consistency, “all other things being equal.” According to the Academy, all other things have…

Been thinking the last few days about the impact of the latest 9/11 revelations on the campaign. If nothing else, this should put a clamp on future Bush campaign 9/11 TV ads. Here’s a related thought: Last year, most (me included) figured that a NYC convention would be a source of strength for the Bush…

I don’t think so. I think this is Bush’s Iraq. Or maybe Bushes’ Iraq. And there will come some future mess. And there will be parallels. And the press will say, “Is this President Whathis/hername’s Iraq?” And the papers will ask: Is President Whatshis/hername at risk of losing their presidency, the way GW Bush back…

Washington Post: “The latest round of tension began March 28, with the U.S. closure of Sadr’s al-Hawza newspaper….[which] had printed articles that U.S. officials deemed inflammatory.” –Good thing we nipped that in the bud.