Via Emdashes, Ken Adelman is backing Barack Obama. Adelman the critic of arms control, the advocate of the Iraq war, the NPR commentator that makes me clinch the steering wheel tighter (though not as tight as most of the sanctimonious drivel from “This I believe”). The Powell endorsement I could see, but this defection shows [...]
Entries from October 2008
23 October 2008
Did Weinberger Defy Reagan?
Robert C. McFarlane writes in today’s NYT that Reagan’s Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, refused a “direct order” from President Reagan to deploy US Marines alongside Lebanese Army forces to secure Syrian and Israeli withdrawals rather than have them simply maintain a “presence” in Beirut.
This sounds bizarre to me. At first, McFarlane describes Weinberger’s postiton as [...]
17 October 2008
MSP Light Rail Stupidity
When my 3-year-old daughter asks “Why are they fucking idiots, Daddy?”, you know someone has really pissed me off. What put in me in a profane, apoplectic state was the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport’s light rail connection between the Humphrey and Lindbergh terminals. Parking in Humphrey is cheaper and easier than parking at Lindbergh, where the [...]
8 October 2008
Town-Hall of the Damned
Last night was a so-called “town-hall”-style presidential debate. The candidates’ agents negotiated the format, so we have only them to blame. It was a travesty of participatory democracy. NBC’s Tom Brokaw had screened the questions, and he selected which questions would be asked. He was not moderating by calling on who would speak, but instead, [...]
