I decided to take a break from a seemingly endless web site redesign by categorizing some hundreds of posts I wrote before the site had categories (something I’ve now abandoned in favor of writing this), and ran across one about Don Rumsfeld’s somewhat mystic approach to the War on Terra^®. The subject was a then-infamous memo in which Rumsfeld acknowledged that contrary to public declarations at the time, he, and presumably the administration, lacked the ability to quantify success in The Long War. . . . → Read More: Down Memory Lane With Don Rumsfeld and The Thumbprint of Evil

Political activists often castigate presidents for passing the costs of the current generation on to the next. President Bush has taken the practice to new heights. Along with his cavalier attitude toward war, national security, the deficit and the environment, he has raised taxes on the one group who can’t vote against him: our children. . . . → Read More: For younger generation, Bush administration is taxing

Melanie Morgan says the president “does not speak for the people of this nation and that we find his actions and words to be shameful, detrimental and inexcusable.” She wants Congress to censure him, and she’s raised enough money to produce and run TV ads to back up her call. But the president in her crosshairs was elected three decades ago. . . . → Read More: Group runs TV ads calling for censure of president