Month: November 2007

Over the last 24 hours or so, I have learned something remarkable about myself. First, I learned that I was woefully ignorant about the Foreign Service part of the …

There's a lot of fuss going around about members of the State Department not being able to staff the embassy in Iraq. Not enough diplomats have volunteered, so they're …

Back in late 2004 and early 2005, I sent emails, faxes, and letters to every member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. In …

Lately, it seems that almost every day there's a new scandal involving Hillary Clinton and campaign financing. Wanted fugitives raising big bucks for her. Poor immigrants giving far more …

This evening we announced 400 (or so) finalists for The 2007 Weblog Awards this evening. The remaining 90 (or so) will be announced tomorrow. We also rolled out a...