Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Shlaes In the WaPo: A Chilling Uncertainty

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A Chilling Uncertainty , by Amity Shlaes The Washington Post, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 The United States has entered the era of the expe...

The key problem facing Somalia is not one of security, but rather the vacuum in political leadership, says UN envoy

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Paucity of political leadership at root of Somalia's problems, says UN envoy UN, New York, Dec 31 2008 10:10AM Somalia’s problems are dr...

Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies

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Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies . By Evan Perez WSJ, Dec 31, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile si...

The Kremlin's foreign policy priorities are determined by the changing ideology and the domestic political agenda of Russia's rulers

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Russia's Woes Spell Trouble for the U.S. By Leon Aron WSJ, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Russia faces a particularly nasty version of th...

CSIS: Turkish Politics in 2008

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Turkey Update: Turkish Politics in 2008 . By Bulent Aliriza CSIS, Dec 24, 2008 The year had begun with the Justice and Development Party (JD...

Avery Dulles and the Death Penalty

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Dulles and the Death Penalty , by Mark Tooley Upholding the classical Catholic tradition about capital punishment. The Weekly Standard, Dec ...

Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis November 2008

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Violence in Pakistan: Trend Analysis November 2008. By Alok Bansal and T. Khurshchev IDSA, December 31, 2008 Even as the terrorist attacks o...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

2009: The US Contributes $85 Million for Humanitarian Assistance to Palestinian Refugees

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The United States Contributes $85 Million for Humanitarian Assistance to Palestinian Refugees Media Note State Dept., Office of the Spokesma...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Statement to the 13th Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

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Statement to the 13th Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ambassador Eric M....

US State Dept Statement on Somalia: President Yusuf's Resignation

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Press Statement Gordon K. Duguid, Acting Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC December 29, 2008 Somalia: President Yusuf's Resignation We sup...

From Hawaii regarding President-elect Obama's visit with the Marines

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From Here... By Scott Johnson Powerline Blog, December 29, 2008 at 8:16 AM A reader writes from Hawaii regarding President-elect Obama'...

Huffington Post: No Time to Back Away from Access to Higher Ed

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No Time to Back Away from Access to Higher Ed . By Michael Roth Huffington Post, December 29, 2008 03:49 PM (EST) Charles Murray's op-e...
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“Forecasting the Future of Hurricanes” by Anna Barratt In Nature

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“Forecasting the Future of Hurricanes” by Anna Barratt In Nature . By Roger Pielke Sr. Climate Science, December 29, 2008 7:00 am There was ...
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Cato's Cannon On Health Coverage Costs

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Avoiding health-care chaos , by Michael Cannon The Washington Times, Sunday, December 28, 2008 To hear the media tell it, comprehensive heal...

Higher-ed Spending Is Not the Answer

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Higher-ed Spending Not the Answer , by Neal McCluskey This article appeared in the Baltimore Sun on December 17, 2008 Despite conventional w...

Changing the tone in Washington is easier said than done

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Rich's Derangement Syndrome , by Peter Wehner The Corner/NRO, Monday, December 29, 2008 Frank Rich is perhaps the most reliably spleneti...

Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations

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Kopel, David B., Moody, Carlisle E. and Nemerov, Howard: Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Natio...

CBO's Orszag, now Obama's budget chief, and health coverage costs

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Orszag's Health Warning Obama's budget chief delivers a reality check on costs WSJ, Dec 28, 2008, 10:11 P.M. ET Democrats are gearin...

TNYT Editorial On Mr Obama's Labor Agenda

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The Labor Agenda TNYT Editorial, December 29, 2008 There is no doubt that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a labor secretary who coul...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

In "The National Interest": Flight of the Neocons

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Flight of the Neocons , by Jacob Heilbrunn The National Interest, Dec 19, 2008 It can’t be quite called a victory lap because the victories ...