Mao’s 70 million (Ralph R. Reiland, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
I bring up all this history because I was halfway through reading “Mao: The Unknown Story,” the new book by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, when The New York Times published Nicholas Kristof’s review of the book.
Now it’s true that Kristof, an op-ed writer at The Times, judges the book to be a “magnificent biography,” and he does at least whistle past the graveyard,
Scowcroft’s ‘Realism’ (Charles Krauthammer, RealClearPolitics)
Realists prize stability above all, and there is nothing more stable than a ruthlessly efficient dictatorship. Which is why Scowcroft is the man who six months after Tiananmen Square toasted those who ordered the massacre; who, as the world celebrates the Beirut Spring that evicted the Syrian occupation from Lebanon, sees not liberation but possible instability; who can barely conceal a preference for Syria’s stabilizing iron rule.
Even today Scowcroft says, “I didn’t
Joseph Knippenberg has some interesting observations about the Libby affair over at No Left Turns:
First, any decent defense attorney is going to work pretty hard to impeach the reporters as witnesses, which means putting their careers under a microscope.
Cheney Names Two to Fill Libby’s Positions (Nedra Pickler, AP)
Reid said he is disappointed that Bush and Cheney responded to the indictment by praising Libby _ known around Washington as “Scooter” _ and suggested they should apologize for the leak that revealed the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame.
The indictment did not charge Libby with revealing the identity of a “covert” agent, but why bother reporting the facts when you have Sen. Reid’s
Sweeter dreams await offense (Emily Davis, Houston Chronicle, 10/23/05)
The Texans might not like the bed they’ve made. But they might be able to sleep a little easier now that things seem to be looking up on offense.
Sure, a 38-20 loss to
