The Washington Times

When I came to Washington in 1985, it was with the expectation that I would be spending my life fighting the Cold War.

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The Washington Times

If, as Karl Marx’s adage holds, history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, what happens when the repetition repeats itself?

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The Washington Times

At what level of giving, if any, would the people who contribute money to political candidates begin to feel overstretched? That’s the question that comes to mind as 2008 presidential aspirants release their fund-raising reports for the first quarter of 2007, the first serious test for candidate viability of the presidential cycle.

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The Washington Times

I would have joined surge supporters in voting against the House supplemental appropriations bill because of the constraints it seeks to impose on whatever ability we may have to get to acceptable conditions in Iraq, especially the arbitrary imposition of a withdrawal timetable regardless of military needs.

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The Washington Times

When I moved to Washington 21 years ago and decided to live in the District rather than Maryland or Virginia, I knew I was voluntarily choosing to forgo something most Americans take entirely for granted, namely, their say in choosing a representative in the House and two members of the Senate. In truth, I was not especially bothered by this lost opportunity for political participation then, nor am I now.

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The Washington Times

It’s hypocrisy season in Washington. No, not that there’s an unusually great amount of posturing and flagrant contradiction of previously stated principles that are no longer politically expedient. The amount of that in Washington is consistently high. I mean that allegations of hypocrisy are in the air, thanks to the guilty verdicts in the Scooter Libby trial.

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The Washington Times

We all know that Hillary Clinton has found herself twisted into a knot over her position on Iraq. Indeed, there’s a pretty good case that her vote in favor of the authorization of the war is the biggest substantive obstacle between her and the Democratic nomination.

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The Washington Times

The essential question in crowded presidential fields is always this: What are you really running for? To hone your political skills and make connections for a future, serious bid for the nomination? To establish your vote-getting credibility sufficiently strongly to warrant serious consideration for the veep slot? Or, in fact, with the hope and plausible expectation of winning the nomination that year and taking your shot at the White House? 

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The Washington Times

The House vote opposing the surge in Iraq drew 17 Republicans, far fewer than Democrats hoped, so the scenario of a collapse in congressional support for the war effort forcing President Bush’s hand has been averted for now. What we have is largely a partisan divide, and while the Democratic position is the majority position, in the absence of a far more dramatic fall-off in Republican support, Mr. Bush will be able to hold on long enough to see whether Gen. David Petraeus can produce results on the ground.

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The Washington Times 

MUNICH. — The annual meeting of defense and foreign-policy eminences here is usually devoted to a fair amount of carping from one side of the Atlantic to the other. It’s the place NATO allies go to bicker among themselves. This year, however, was different, producing a rare moment of trans-Atlantic unity, brought to you, bizarrely, by none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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