Obama: Campaigner-in-Chief

One thing that’s been conspicuously absent from the news media is any reporting on how Obama is fairing in the various Democratic primaries. It makes some sense: Obama is almost certainly going to win each one handily. There are no even somewhat notable protest candidates, but it would be…

At some point last week, I was considering writing a preview of the 1^st round of the French Presidential Election. Most of the speculation I saw considered Socialist candidate Francois Hollande the frontrunner for the first round of voting, and also to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the…

Only two days after Rick Santorum exited the race, the first skirmish of the general election has broken out. “Democratic strategist” and CNN pundit Hillary Rosen knocked Ann Romney for “never working a day in her life.” Ann Romney joined Twitter and said “I made a choice to stay home…

Rick Santorum seems to have spent the Easter holiday in a state of deep reflection because today he finally suspended his campaign.  He took a break from campaigning over the holiday to spend it in the hospital with his daughter Bella, and today he announced that he would essentially quit…

Bradley Manning, a cause celebre of The Redel Traub report, and defenders of free speech and truth everywhere, was arraigned in a military court today. Well, Bradley Manning deferred his plea today, as well as whether he wants to be judged by a military jury or solely by a judge. To review:…

Here we go, everyone… the biggest (and possibly last) Republican debate.  Keep hitting refresh as we bring you up-to-the-minute coverage and a recap.

Hello, all – did you miss the Republican debate in Arizona?  Well… you didn’t miss much.  But here, for your water-cooler enjoyment, is…

In 2006 one of my favorite moments in international relations history happened. Hugo Chavez came to the UN to speak the day after George W. Bush had spoken there. Hugo started his speech off by remarking that the dais smelled like sulfur because George Bush’s satanic presence had been there just…

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While everyone knows that the defense budget is large — even in the numbers that the public sees as the formally admitted figures by the Department of Defense — the truth is that when one scratches beneath the bureaucratic veneer, national security spending is…