John Bolton Resigns

From the WaPo: President Bush today accepted the resignation of John R. Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, expressing deep disappointment that “a handful” of senators had blocked his confirmation last year. Bolton, 58, submitted a resignation letter after it became clear that he was unlikely to win a new confirmation battle in [...]

Hugo Chavez Wins Reelection in a Landslide Victory

Hugo Chavez has won big in Venezuela. Naturally, the righties cannot make heads or tails of this: Don’t those foolish Venezuelans know how enslaved they are by this evil leader who believes Venezuela’s oil wealth should be used to help those with nothing, instead of those with everything? “Venezuelans Vote on Chavez & 6 More [...]

The Way Forward

Here are three news stories: All three are about Iraq and were published today, “Death Squads Roam Baghdad’s Hospitals” is a London Times article about a doctor in a Baghdad hospital who was approached by a Shiite paramilitary (“Ali”) and offered $300 for every Sunni patient he identified. Jawad realised that he was being invited [...]