The Washington Times

The head of Iraq’s nuclear research program has spoken. Mahdi Obeidi, writing on the op-ed page of the New York Times Sunday, offers an insider account of what was going on in Iraq in the years before the U.S.-led invasion. In the absence of any compelling reason to doubt his credibility, what he says seems to offer the best answer so far to a truly vexing question: What was Saddam Hussein thinking?

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The Washington Times

My frequent NPR sparring partner E.J. Dionne had a very interesting column in The Washington Post on Friday, one that took up the case of his neoconservative friends, among whom I count myself.

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The Washington Times

The presidential election is a mess. Granted, it is a mess in favor of the incumbent, and George W. Bush’s contribution to the mess pales in comparison to that of the John Kerry campaign. But it is a mess just the same, one likely to yield an outcome well short of optimal, even if my guy wins (or for that matter, if yours does).

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The Washington Times

There was a time when Democrats were better at the craft of politics than Republicans. Given the dominance of congressional Democrats for the 40-year period from 1954 forward and the overall policy impact of FDR’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, Democrats certainly knew what they were doing. But those days are gone, and against all expectations, it is the Republican Party that is better at politics nowadays.

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