Forget the Super Bowl, the GOP primaries and the unceasing competition of dullards in round tables and panels presided over by Tim Russert or Chris Matthews. Hop into the time machine, or rather open up Farewell, My Lovely (1940), and discover how a real man—noir mystery writer Raymond Chandler—deals with Ernest Hemingway.   more »

Since the name of Chicago defendant Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko has come up in national debate, it seems fair to look at donations from other defendants in Chicago’s “Operation Board Games.” Of the other five defendants, three have donated to the Clintons or to Clinton supporters, three have donated mostly to Republicans, and at least two have donated to Obama’s political opponents. None have donated to Obama.   more »

76^th in continuing blog series on the administration push to war. As Invasion Month—March 2003—draws to a close, the White House, the Pentagon and the intelligence community are increasingly bedeviled by questions about those missing Iraqi WMD. Administration spokesmen continue to insist gamely that they will turn up. And if they do not turn up—as with Osama bin Laden and, supposedly, Saddam Hussein—it does not matter much anyway.
March 30-31, 2003:

 

March 30, 2003 – Donald Rumsfeld is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week:

“(Off Camera) Finally, weapons of mass destruction, key goal of ...   more »