There's a lot of stupid in David Broder's latest soliloquy to bipartisanship, but this line might be the dumbest: We saw what happened when the Clintons rebuffed John Chafee and other potential Republican allies [on health care]; without their help, the Clintons could not even bring a bill to the fl...

As you already know, I'm a bit cynical on the subject of bipartisanship. So I have to roll my eyes bit when I read something like this:And if [passing the stimulus bill] was this hard for Mr. Obama to lure Republican votes to spend money, how will he manage to entice Republican support to deal with ...

There’s a quote from an unattributed USAF Major at Ben Tre (detailed in personal detail here) describing the logic of destroying an entire village while attempting to rout a deeply embedded Vietcong: “[It] became necessary to destroy the town to save it[.]“ I don’t disagree w...

Rod Blagojevich, the embattled Illinois Governor whose name everyone now knows how to pronounce incorrectly, has been seen on some 20 or so talk shows lately.  This is odd in the first place because his name is hard to pronounce, but in the second place he's undergoing impeachment right now...

From the DailyKos - Jimmy Carter believes that the “devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.” Nicholas Kristof described the Boomerang Syndrome: Arab terrorism built support for right-wing Israeli politicians, who took harsh actions against Palestinians, who...

My colleague Tim Graham brought to my attention earlier today that WashingtonPost.com's front page today teased two opinion pieces on the late Sen. Jesse Helms. The first was by a former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer who lauded the late North Carolina Republican as a champion of liberty...

Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator whose uncompromising conservatism made him one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action and court-ordered busing to integrate schools, died yesterday at Mayview......

Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator whose uncompromising conservatism made him one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action and court-ordered busing to integrate schools, died yesterday at Mayview......

Is Barack Obama beginning to wear out his welcome with some of the mainstream media's old guard, or are the nation's more seasoned journalists just getting fed up with the obvious love affair most press members are having with the Democrat presidential nominee? Before accusing me of drinking the Koo...

David S. Broder A Pastor's Influence Barack Obama risks political damage by leaving vague what it was that attracted him to Rev. Wright. Robert D. Novak Obama's Misplay Obama's reaction to Rev. Wright's rhetoric may not have been swift enough. of course, this makes perfectly good sense only if you s...