John Edwards announced his candidacy for President on Thursday and after doing so in New Orleans, he went to Iowa for a town meeting and a session with reporters, plus he met with a handful of bloggers for a few minutes. During the blogger portion of the program, he was asked for his perspective from being on the "Council of Foreign Relations" and ( Read more... )

Once again an issue came up a few days ago and as the discussion started as a whisper, I elected to participate. Perhaps yesterday, the furor had risen to a crescendo, I'm not sure right now, but I do know that after making multiple comments to multiple blogs, I feel the need to clarify my position and consolidate everything here. After all, I'm ( Read more... )

We've all heard the administration's disavowals of the recently published study that attempts to enumerate the "excess mortality" in Iraq, since the invasion. The study, which can be found in the current issue of the respected international medical journal The Lancet (free reg req), attributes the overwhelmingly largest part of this increase to ( Read more... )

Warren Buffett often makes a reference to "members of the lucky sperm club", when he's making his argument against dynastic wealth. For more than an hour, Lebanese TV (NewTV) has been simulcasting on CNN's Pipeline and for most of that time, the shot has consisted of a fixed camera on a rooftop showing the southern suburbs of Beirut. Every once and ( Read more... )