They discuss Cole’s career, ranging from his upbringing in a military family to becoming a leading public intellectual during the Iraq War
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Obama Won: Gallup/USA Today Poll; 52% Say Obama best to Fix Problems, vs. 35% for McCain
In addition to those two snap polls done just after the debate on Friday by CNN and by CBS, there is now further evidence that […]
Saudi Oil Moguls fear Hybrid Cars
Saudi Arabia wants lower petroleum prices. As a country with enormous reserves, Riyadh would like to preserve their value. In contrast, countries like Algeria with […]
Iraqi Hopes for US Troop Withdrawal
One of the things that struck me about Friday night’s debate on the time line for troop withdrawal was that McCain appeared to believe that […]
Palin Says She did Not Have Money to Travel in Youth; But She went to College in Hawaii!
On seeing this part of the Couric interview of Palin, I suddenly remembered something about her: ‘ Couric: In preparing for this conversation, a lot […]
Debate Fact Check 5
About that claim by McCain that he warned about the mortgage crisis: McCain: “But — but let me — let me point out, I also […]
Debate Fact Check 3
Did Henry Kissinger advise direct talks with Iran at the highest levels? Yes. Kissinger gave an interview with Bloomberg Television News Service on March 14, […]
Debate fact-check 2: The Surge
In the debate, McCain promised ‘victory’ in Iraq and praised the surge. First of all, it isn’t ‘victory’ if Baghdad’s best hospital doesn’t even have […]
Fact-Checking 1
Fact-checking the debate (transcript available here). For Pakistan and the controversy over McCain’s ridiculous assertion that Pakistan was a ‘failed state’ in 1999 when Musharraf […]
Debate Fact Check 4
McCain said in the debate: ‘ So we have a long way to go in our intelligence services. We have to do a better job […]
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