In just about any debate between conservative war supporters and liberals in the anti-war camp, the following question arises from conservatives, who—to be fair—often use it as a kind of rhetorical trump card to put liberal Dems on the defensive:  “Do you think the world would be better off or worse off if the U.S. military had not taken action in Iraq and Saddam Hussein were still in power?” Surely,

Nope, not anywhere in my fridge.  Though I did find a hank of leftover chorizo which I plan to fry up, stuff into a pepper jack omelet, and wash down with my first beer of Friday directly after filing this report. Too early for beer?  For you civilians, sure.  But we field journalists are nothing if not salty and hard.  And a little bit twisted.  Like Bavarian-style sourdough pretzels.  It’s

From the WSJ [subscribers only]: Just when you think Congress can’t possibly be more destructive, the Members surprise you again. Their latest doozy is a backdoor windfall profits tax on oil companies that was stuffed into the Senate budget reconciliation before Thanksgiving. […] A windfall profits tax is the ultimate act of economic masochism because it taxes only domestic production, while imports and foreign oil subsidiaries bear almost none of

Steve Green answers Matt Welch’s Reason Hit and Run piece on paid PR “journalism” in Iraq, which yesterday took issue with several “apologias” (including my own) for the US propaganda efforts.  Writes Welch: There’s a reason, aside from international treaty, we no longer use nerve gas on enemy lines, or napalm on villages, or atomic bombs on cities—world reaction would cause more negative consequences than whatever “positive” gains could be

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