Japan’s Energy Nightmare
Nobuo Tanaka‘s hair is on fire. The immediate past executive director of the International Energy Agency is on a mission attempting to alert officials in the United States, Japan, Europe, China and elsewhere that post-Fukushima Japan may be approaching an energy death spiral.
Tanaka’s…
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What About Chuck Hagel?
Why You Should Write In Chuck Hagel
Gordon Shaw of Lincoln, Nebraska writes to the editors of the Journal Star:
As I look over the leading candidates for president of the United States, I and many I have talked with have the common reaction: “none of the above.”
After a long look…
Why the Defense Budget is Much Bigger Than You Think
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…
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Does Romney Care About Hispanics?
Are Hispanic Americans on Romney’s call list?
While there have been a long slog of GOP debates, and people may be asking why any more encounters matter at this point — Hispanic Americans want their turn at bat and are working hard to pull off ‘the Hispanic issues conversation’ next…
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Joe Biden: Foreign Policy Stud
A senior White House official has confirmed that Vice President Joe Biden will take the lead on the administration’s next phase China policy.
While the Departments of State and Treasury have held important functional roles in conducting the China-US Strategic and Economic…
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How the US Troop Withdrawal Changes Iraq
Iraq surge architects Frederick and Kimberly Kagan have published an informed, provocative, yet thoughtful commentary, “Is Iraq Lost?“, in the latest Weekly Standard.
The authors open with a blast at what they characterize as a self-congratulating Obama administration. They write:
With …
Holiday Gift & Giving Ideas that Involve Matt Damon
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Inspired by The Atlantic‘s 2011 Holiday Gift Guide in which our food and culture senior editor Corby Kummer curated gift idea offerings from the great and the good, I have some ideas of…
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The Bigotry of Rick Perry
I became the 599,464th person to dislike Rick Perry’s anti-gay ad titled “Strong” on YouTube. Only 17,811 people have clicked they like it.
This is the Rick Perry zinger:
You don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve…
The Chinese Steve Jobs
China Doesn’t Need a Steve Jobs. They’ve Got One.
Flying from Xian to Beijing this week, I spotted the books above at the airport book shop. They were the marquis offering in the place — front, center of the store. On my plane, three Chinese folks carried the Chinese version…
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Grading the Republican Debate
The Clemons Grades for the National Security Debate
Rick Santorum D+ [Changed to C-]
Michele Bachmann B+
Newt Gingrich B-
Rick Perry D-
Herman Cain F
Mitt Romney B-
Ron Paul B
Jon Huntsman B+
[After reviewing my grades, I decided that Rick…
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