Why Democrats Are Jumping Ship
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 9th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Why Democrats Are Jumping Ship
Ruben Navarrette, CNN
San Diego, California (CNN) — When exactly did the donkey become an endangered species?
GOP Has a Problem. His Name is Michael Steele
David Corn, Politics Daily
Identifying Source of Terror Threat is Key
Frank Beckmann, Detroit News
All of us in Metro Detroit are thankful that accused terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was unable to detonate the explosives in his undershorts on the Christmas journey of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. But with such a call so close to home, it raises concerns that another effort could succeed if there is a more capable attacker. President Barack Obama has brainstormed with his national security team and is instituting new safety measures for our air industry, but I'm afraid these reactionary plans don't address the root problem of the threat, which he…
We Need Fewer Dots to Connect
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
“Connecting the dots” is a lousy metaphor that creates unrealistic expectations. The phrase suggests that the only thing our intelligence analysts have to do is draw a line from the point labeled “1” to the point labeled “2” and so on, and soon they're looking at the unmistakable outline of a terrorist plot. In reality, though, the page is so crowded with dots that they almost touch. Most are irrelevant, and not a single one is numbered.The clues that would have alerted authorities to the Christmas Day underwear bomber were buried under mountains of…
