The following is a response submitted to my local paper this afternoon… Editorial page editor Nelson Benton wrote the following this morning, “Democrats will be seeking to take advantage of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s deregulation fervor in the weeks ahead.†No doubt the Democrats will try to blame McCain for this financial crisis. The […]
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Yesterday, General David Petraeus turned over command of Iraq to his deputy General Ray Odierno. Petreaus is now taking over CENTCOM, which is a great thing for our country. He will now be in charge of all of the Middle East as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. The leadership that he brought to Iraq at […]
Who knew Joe Biden was a fiscal conservative? No, not with your money. He’s fiscally conservative with his own money, especially when it comes to charitable giving, Last Friday, Sen. Joseph Biden, the Democratic candidate for vice president, released his tax returns for the years 1998 to 2007. The returns revealed that in one year, […]
We spent an hour talking about the week that was in lipstick politics. As I said on the blog earlier in the week, I thought McCain overplayed his hand, went too far and produced a dishonest ad. He compounded his mistake by bringing out Jane Swift as part of his “Truth Squad”. I also thought […]
It was great to speak with T.J. English, author of Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution. I started by asking T.J. what went into researching a book like this. We then got right into the incredible story of the mob in Havana. “[An] excellent new book.… [English] […]
There will be a lot of thoughtful posts in the blogosphere about the seventh anniversary of September 11. Here, I want to tell just one story of a man who we got to know thanks to Matt Burden and his Someone You Should Know series at Blackfive. Here is Matt’s tribute to Rick Rescorla, Rick […]
As many of you know, Michael Yon is back in Afghanistan and reporting from the front lines. Bruce McQuain and I were fortunate enough to speak with Michael a couple of weeks ago, Michael just posted his first major Dispatch, complete with the usual great writing and photography. It starts like this, When I was […]