Norway and the Global War on Terror
The terrible crime in Norway appears confirmed as the vicious work of a Norwegian possessed by some form of far-right politics. Thus far, the killer is reported to have acted alone, although it cannot be excluded that he belong to some small crazed local group. As we grieve for the heart-rendi…
Who Said August is a Slow News Month?
Oslo bombed. The Euro in crisis. Washington DC consumed by debt crisis - all as we head into the so-called dog days of summer, the alleged slowest news week of the year. When they roll me out from the nursing home to offer advice to aspiring young journalists, I’ll concentrate all my accumulated …A Bomb in Norway
Thoughts go out to my many Norwegian friends from the annual delegation to Washington of politicians, civil servants, business leades and academics. Let's hope this terrible apparent crime touches Oslo as lightly as mercy allows ...Looking for the Exits
img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-99139" title="boehner obama" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-07/boehner-obama.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="280" />Jim DeMint's Nation-Wrecking Fantasy
NRO has a report on the Republican members of Congress willing to force default in order to get a Senate vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment. In the Senate, DeMint is also counting noses, hoping to stir an eleventh-hour movement. Conservative voters, he says, will lose faith in the …Long Term Unemployment by State
The WSJ has a powerful, depressing interactive chart of long-term unemployment. Nation-wide, more than 25% of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year. But in hard-hit states like California, Georgia, South Carolina, and Michigan, the proportion jumps to over 33%. See …Heritage: Default is Better then Compromise
Ed Feulner in an unusual signed personal statement today urges Republicans to force the country into default unless President Obama yields on the outermost conservative demands. In the process, he equates President Obama and the Democrats to the Japanese militarists who bombed Pearl Harbor. I …
Just Lift the Debt Ceiling!
Larry Kudlow and The New Republic like the Gang of Six plan. Keith Hennessey does not . Obviously some people here are kidding themselves. And isn't that just inevitable when plans are being cobbled together by weary legislators working long hours in a summer heatwave? It's only asking …Can Dulles Airport Get More Inconvenient? Yes.
Really, I dont understand this: having agreed to spend $8 billion to dig a subway all the way out to Dulles Airport, Virginia authorities won't spend the final $300 million necessary to make the subway usable. Instead of emerging inside the airport, the Dulles subway will emerge outside - …