I admit:  I haven't read the financial services bill.  But I breathed easier today anyway knowing that the motion to proceed to the Dodd/Shelby financial services bill failed in the Senate.

Why?  Simple:  consider the polluted sources.

Senator Dodd, favorite bagman of AIG fatcats,… Read full post »

The State Department web page on 9 March showed no evidence that anything is happening in Nigeria.

SecState urged all parties to "exercise restraint".  What does that mean exactly?  Is it the same as "urgently demanding that the Government of Nigeria immediately intervene a… Read full post »

Icelanders have revolted against government hubris, banking greed, and foreign arm-twisting,.  Americans could learn a thing or two from our Viking brethren.

In a March 7 plebiscite watched closely in Europe but below the radar in America, Iceland's voters overwhelmingly declared that… Read full post »

On the radio this week I heard Vice President Joe Biden's eulogy for the late Rep. Jack Murtha, delivered (I think) up in Pennsylvania.

Is it possible that I am the only one who understands that, come hell or high water, Biden will find a way to talk about himself under any… Read full post »

Here is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.  Enjoy.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0QVWbvGqY Read full post »

All-Male Submarines 'Sexist?'  Bunk.

Recently Admiral Michael Mullins, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, endorsed opening our submarines to Navy women.  I take the liberty of offering a few comments about where we might end up if the Admiral follows through.  I base… Read full post »

I worked at the Senate Intelligence committee for a while.  The committee does most of its business behind closed doors, where one can see a much different side of otherwise very public senators. 

 While I worked at the committee, Evan Bayh was a member.   What I remember ab… Read full post »

I just finished reading the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court opinion.  All 183 pages of it.  Including the "polar bear" reference.

 Alito was right to shake his head.  POTUS had it wrong. Read full post »

British Petroleum (BP) leaders and stockholders around the world should be toasting the oil giant’s petroleum “gusher” at a drill site in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, announced last week.

But the massive new oil find under the seabed is a almost certainly a s… Read full post »

I can't believe what I'm reading -- the Justice Department wants to lodge an operational  function in the NSc?  Doesn't anyone remember  that this almost got Oliver North and company thrown in jail?

 On top of this, they name it after Gulbuddin Hekmatyar… Read full post »