If past history is any guide, nobody at State or Defense is planning for this scenario, but when the last helicopter leaves the Green Zone in Baghdad, what’s going to happen to all those Iraqis who’ve been working for the US military and its contractors? From the janitor/laborer/line cook all the way up to translators …
The Columbia Journalism Review’s blog justifiably sneers at Fox’s Neil Cavuto’s claim that “the media” ignored the good news for retailers that sales were up 19% year-over-year on “Black Friday.” Alas, by Cavuto?s calculation, ?The Media? did manage to find another way to ?spin it? — by ignoring it. ?Apparently to much of the media, …
I can understand why the Bush Administration resists calling the Iraq mess a civil war; after all, it’s already a very unpopular endeavor, and if it were labeled a civil war there might very well be a whole new group of Americans who’d suddenly say “Why should our soldiers be in the middle of one?” …
A draft report of the Iraq Study Group’s recommendations has surfaced. Officials said that the draft of the section on diplomatic strategy, which was heavily influenced by Mr. Baker, seemed to reflect his public criticism of the administration for its unwillingness to talk with nations like Iran and Syria. But senior administration officials, including Stephen …
In the past four or five days I’ve read books by three authors whose work I doubt I’ll visit again. They were Martha Grimes’s The Old Contemptibles, Jeffrey Archer’s Honor Among Thieves, and Mary Higgins Clark’s You Belong To Me. I own a few of Archer’s earlier books, and they weren’t too bad, but I …
I’m ready for one of these now.
While today is big, with Notre Dame playing USC, next week is the one we Navy juniors live for: Army-Navy. December 2 will be the 107th meeting of the two service academies; Navy leads the series 50-49, with 7 ties. I’ve been to one of the games. I know it was played in Philadelphia, and …
While US shoppers are mobbing the malls, in Baghdad suicide car bombers blow themselves up in marketplaces. The car bombings destroyed dozens of other vehicles, scattered charred and mangled bodies and sent flames and thick pillars of smoke into the air. Frenzied crowds clawed through the wreckage, pulling bloodied bodies from cars and minibuses and …
My friend Kate at Cider Press Hill was poking around the internets and found… Arlo Guthrie’s Myspace Pages, where he’s posted an 18-minute version of Alice’s Restaurant. Alice’s Restaurant Massacree Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody!
For some reason Flickr’s “blog this” function isn’t working for me, so here’s a picture: Ah, table preparation. Tomorrow this will be overflowing with turkey, dressing, peas & onions, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce. But today it’s gathering its strength.