The Tattlesnake Drunk or Stupid Edition
It's time to play the popular home game 'Drunk or Stupid?' wherein contestants watch TV and decide from the public statements and general demeanor of various politicians and pundits if…
How Our Decider-in-Chief Decides: Decisionmaking and the Obama Presidency
Written by John Dean Nothing is more important in the American presidency than decision-making. It is, in fact, the very essence of the job. Presidential decisions can and do shape…
Whose Hands? Whose Blood? Killing Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq
Written by Tom Englehardt from TomDispatch Consider the following statement offered by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a news conference last week. He was…