The investigating board at the World Bank found Paul Wolfowitz guilty of violating protocol, punishment still to be determined although none of the likely outcomes seem to involve him keeping his job. A top aide has already resigned. I have to admit that the less civil side of me wants to see Paul fight this …
Archives for May 2007
Mysterious Pig Deaths In China
This most likely has everything to do with melamine, the toxic coal byproduct that Chinese firms have begun using to falsify the protein content in wheat gluten for animal feed. However the Chinese are notoriously opaque about internal health issues (think SARS), so the truth is not about to jump up and declare itself. Unless …
Marked For Life
I don’ like this: Lawmakers in three states are pushing bills to require convicted sex offenders to display special license plates on their cars. Proponents in Wisconsin, Ohio and Alabama say the sex offender plates would be another tool to keep the public safe. Critics say the plates would lead to a false sense of …
Back in the Saddle Again
Grades are in, and I am back.
Pandering Lessons For Mitt
It’s hard to imagine Mitt Romney not taking the GOP nomination. John McCain will never win over the base and Rudy Guiliani is an emotional timebomb with a walk-in closet full of skeletons and drag gear. Leaving aside his shameless about-faces on every major issue, Romney is the only credible Republican whose philandering hasn’t provoked …
Sunday Open Thread
Entering final grades.
Exporting Republicanism
You can always tell a proud veteran of our modern GOP. The United States and its key allies last week fended off a campaign by developing countries to discipline UNESCO’s highest-ranking U.S. official, Peter Smith, a former Republican congressman from Vermont. Smith resigned in March after an audit found he granted “preferential treatment” to a …