No more “war on terror”? I agree completely with Hillary Clinton, “The administration has stopped using the phrase, and that speaks for itself, obviously.”

He didn’t get the memo. Pakistani Taliban Leader Pledges Attack on D.C.

How is Iraq different from Afghanistan? Hamid Karzai signs law ‘legalising rape in marriage’ and prevents women from leaving the house without permission.

Michael Barone on JournoList, “Not all new ideas are good ones”.

The Obama vetting process is best ever argument for tax simplification. Has it only been six? The replacement pick for Tom Daschle, Obama’s first tax challenged HHS nominee, has tax problems of her own. Cal Mackenzie of Colby College literally wrote the book on the presidential transition process. I loved him as a professor and interviewed him the first Sunday following the election. Obama has now appointed Volker as tax simplification tzar. Why didn’t Bush think of that? I think it’s time to invite Prof. Mackenzie back.

Titanic egos on a collision course.

Clusterstock. Check it out.

Duly Footnoted, Where were GM’s directors?