Paul Wolfowitz
Can Chuck Hagel Cure the Military's Health Care Problem?
Hagel, the Enemy of Liberals' Enemies, Shouldn't be Their Friend
A historian looking back on the public battle over Barack Obama’s second-term appointments might very well scratch his head as he struggles to explain the fight over the president’s next Secretary of Defense. He will look at the columns written for and against the leading nominees and see something very strange. He will notice that liberals, by and large, are rallying behind a conservative Republican, and that conservatives are pulling for a liberal Democrat. READ MORE >>
Obama Plainly Disagrees with His World Bank Nominee
Over at The Washington Post, Jonathan Bernstein argues that the Jim Yong Kim nomination for World Bank president is (for liberals at least) a pleasant byproduct of having a Democratic president: READ MORE >>
Libya Ad Hominem-mania
Andrew Sullivan complains about the fact that many supporters of the Iraq war also support the Libya intervention: READ MORE >>
Necessary Changes of Mind
This post is from our new In-House Critics blog. Click here to read more about it. READ MORE >>
Galston Vs. Cohen: Was McChrystal Right to Go Public?
From The Business Pages: October 21, 2008
An OECD report out this morning shows that the United States isn't the only country experiencing a widened rich-poor gap--on average, inequality is increasing across the developed world. The bad news (wait, that wasn't the bad news?) is that the United States is fourth in overall inequality--behind Mexico, Turkey, and Portugal--and it has the third-worst poverty rates. READ MORE >>
