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I also wrote yesterday that the American people say they want a candidate that won't pander to them like Santa Claus, yet that is often whom we end up supporting. Little did I know that there was a Hillary Clinton...

Intel Report Status

Iran says U.S. report a “declaration of surrender” Washington’s bureaucratic establishment contradicted iteself with the much ballyhooed N.I.E. (National Intel. Estimate) concerning Iran’s nuclear status. The Chief was, and is of the opinion that said report constituted prima facie evidence of treason within a bureaucracy out to politically emasculate the administration policies at all cost [...]

No Illusions About Pakistan

Andy McCarthy: "There is the Pakistan of our fantasy. The burgeoning democracy in whose vanguard are judges and lawyers and human rights activists using the ?rule of law? as a cudgel to bring down a military junta. In the fantasy,...

Happy New Year

I like to wish all a Happy New Year. A special greeting to Cory Heidelberger of the Madville Times for not only debating worldviews, but to also recognize my recent posts on Keloland. Excerpt. But Sibson is right about one...

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

With two days to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Des Moines Register has published a survey showing Mike Huckabee outpolling Mitt Romney among Republicans and Barack Obama leading over Hillary Clinton among Democrats. Although John Edwards has tried to...

Lesson From Pakistan: Foreign Policy Is Hard

When I teach American Foreign Policy this coming term I aim to stress one important point: foreign policy is hard. When attempting to set the nation's policy toward the world the president and other decision makers are faced with so...

Huckabysmal Ignorance on Pakistan

The Washington Post has a good test of the various candidates for President: how they reacted to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Here is the summary of results: THE ASSASSINATION of Benazir Bhutto presented U.S. presidential candidates with a test:...

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DBA was propaganda?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Thursday Night Link Depot

What I thought I knew

Hillary?s ?change? agents: What?s wrong with this picture?

South Dakota Blogs

The Case For Thompson

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

Why should we be surprised?

I wonder why we haven't seen that yet....

Reflections on Iowa

Things are going well.....

Rendezvous at the Rendezvous Rib Joint

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

Ron Paul On The Civil War

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

TAR Camp is almost here.... Are you signed up?

SD Delegation Had A Good Year

Waterboarding: The Adult Speaks

Government accountability

Plutocracy and secular humanism

Bill Kristol Joins the Gray Lady

Do The Dakota Women Speak For Dakota Women?

American Blogs