Bush claims Executive Privilege on CIA Leak President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity. A House committee chairman, meanwhile, held off on a contempt citation of Mukasey – who had […]
FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio PARIS – Leaders of the Colombian FARC rebel movement were paid millions of dollars to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Swiss radio said on Friday, quoting ‘a reliable source’. The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army ‘were in […]
Please, Please, Reporters with Brains By Josh Marshall …The McCain camp seems to have a lot of reporters eating out of its hands since many journalists don’t appear to grasp the basic distinction between strategy and tactics. I’ve even had normally sensible journalist colleagues forwarding me RNC press releases like they’re passing on the revealed […]
Oriental brush drawings have always seemed to contain wisdom to me. Over the centuries, various masters have written commentaries to describe these drawings – and these commentaries are meant to extend beyond the boundries of the rice paper into life itself. One of my favorites, applied to both haiku and ink drawings is Wabi, "the […]