Harold Meyerson at the Washington Post talks at length here about Iraqi President Maliki and the fact that George W. Bush believes that Maliki has found Jesus and will do exactly what is against his best interests. What is it about Bush; who refuses to believe his lying eyes. 
America’s most polarizing president is telling Iraq’s polarizing prime minister to stop […]

Over at Welcome to Pottersville Maureen Dowd talks about  ”Love Among the Ruins”
…Didn’t happen. Yet the search goes on, in this country obsessed with hookups and breakups, for the right relationship metaphor to describe our deadly embrace of Iraq 
My colleague Tom Friedman wrote last week: “Whenever I hear this surge idea, I think of […]

In just 3 minutes the Decider will talk about escalting the war effort under the veil of the worn out “war on terror” and “protecting America”. Today Tony Blair announced England will cut their troop levels by 3000 in May as we send 20.000+ more men and women to stand bravely and fight in a war that cannot be won by […]

From the ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE 
State Treasurer Martha Shoffner said Tuesday that she fired her predecessor’s two daughters because she wants to take the office in “a new direction.”
   Shoffner, a former Democratic state representative from Newport, was sworn in Tuesday to succeed Delight Democrat Gus Wingfield, who did not seek re-election last year.
   Shoffner said she […]

By David Sanders
As things have kicked in gear, legislatively speaking, in both Washington and here at home, it’s time to check in with all the players and see where they stand. As things have kicked in gear, legislatively speaking, in both Washington and here at home, it’s time to check in with all the players […]