Secretary Rumsfeld gives us a progress report on post-war Iraq and shows us what the Allies will do to grow a liberal democracy there. For those who are worried that the U.S. will leave before rebuilding Iraq, Rumsfeld writes:
The Coalition will maintain as many security forces in Iraq as necessary, for as long as […]
And I thought there were no al-Qaeda in Iran. In the same story there’s evidence that the State Department is lacking ideas:
Flynt Leverett, a former National Security Council official now with the Saban Center on Middle East Policy, said the Pentagon wants a harder line on Iran, including cutting off all contacts and overthrow […]
This isn’t much of a post (kind of like Kate’s 100 things about herself list), since I did have a good a time at my cousin’s wedding. I’ll be working tomorrow so no posting until Monday night. But since holidays are slow traffic times I won’t feel bad. I do want to thank […]
No more posting on TAM for a few days. I’m going to my cousin’s wedding and will have little time to contemplate further on the political economics of the tax cut or the cultural ramifications should Annika Sorenstam make the cut. Have a good, safe, fun weekend. I hope to be back […]
Thanks go to radio host, Cam Edwards for linking to TAM.
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A tax cut was passed. It’s $330-350 billion depending on how it’s calculated. Even though President Bush is happy with it, by his definition it’s “itty bitty.” The President wanted about $750 billion in cuts but got only half that. And this is coming off a victorious war, high popularity, and […]
It might have been “Must See TV” if I saw it. Oh, well. I’m just glad Blogcritics got some attention, and that I’m a part of it.
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Even if Texas authorities didn’t do anything wrong, destroying records only makes the Democratic legislators who ran off to Oklahoma look like victims instead of the gutless, political children they really are.
“Texas Agency Destroyed Records Related to Search for Democrats”
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In Radley Balko’s lastest Fox News article, he wants to reclaim the lable “liberal” from the “progressive” socialists who soiled it in the 20th Century. It sounds like a good idea to me. I’ve been a follower of the ideas of the great liberals John Locke, Adam Smith, F. A. Hayek, and Ludwig […]
Virginia Postrel points out the difference between price competition and deflation. Many industries are experiencing the former, but a falling dollar and rising budget deficits should prevent the latter.
“Demon Deflation: Not Here, Now”
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Rought numbers from the Pentagon put the cost of the Iraq War at $917,744,361.55. So, for 46 minutes of U.S. economic production in 2001, we toppled a dictator and liberated a people. Yet, we can only afford a $350 billion tax cut?
“War Costs: How Much? Well, How High Can You Count?” [via Mudville […]
Here’s a reason not to go to grad school if you’re a conservative. From Stanley Kurtz:
The National Association of Scholars–the most prominent organization of traditionalist scholars opposed to campus political correctness–has started a blog. Notice that a couple of the entries are signed, while one is anonymous. When I was a grad student, I […]
Will anyone besides me question Glenn Reynolds’ libertarian streak when he advocates the use of antitrust laws against Big Media? From reading him for so long, I have learned that he is no ideologue (he calls himself an “anti-idiotarian,” whatever that means).
[find some criticism of antitrust laws; Cato?]
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Annika Sorenstam made history today by not only playing in a PGA event, but doing all right. She shot one over par and would have been even if she didn’t bogey the final hole. She played better than I expected, because I figured the added length of the course from the men’s tees […]
Today must just be the day for observations-turned-social -science-laws. Jane Galt has come up with this one:
The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane.
I’ve never voted for a Democrat–I did vote for Ross Perot in 1992 (I’m sorry)–and Newt Gingrich was […]
