Posted by Tod Lindberg on 29th January 2002
The Washington Times
It looks like an answer is beginning to emerge to the question of the Bush domestic agenda for the remainder of his term: There isn’t going to be much of one.
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Posted by Tod Lindberg on 22nd January 2002
The Washington Times
When Bill Clinton convened a meeting of former officials and staff in his Harlem offices a couple weeks ago to talk about promoting the legacy of his administration, Republicans mainly saw it as another “Big He” moment: the latest egregious exercise in self-obsession by the master of modern megalomania. And in fact, the conclusion that some of the participants in the meeting were themselves a little embarrassed by it is hard to resist, given the leaks about it to the press that could only have come from them.
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Posted by Tod Lindberg on 15th January 2002
The Washington Times
Not long after September 11, Fareed Zakaria published in Newsweek a lengthy essay, subsequently much praised and rightly so, called “Why They Hate Us.” I would like to devote my space this week to a brief survey of the subject, “And Why the Others Have Mixed Feelings.”
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Posted by Tod Lindberg on 8th January 2002
The Washington Times
As President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle square off over taxes, the federal budget surplus and the state of the economy, it’s interesting to see how September 11 has reframed the context of our political disputes.
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Posted by Tod Lindberg on 1st January 2002
The Washington Times
The year came to an end substantially closer to our fondest wishes than to our worst fears, and there’s much to be grateful for in that. But this is no time to start slipping back into a Sept. 10 frame of mind. For all Americans, from the president on down, the proper New Year’s resolution this year is: Be resolute.
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