Ways With Words

The Telegraph (London) is very partial to making lists — from the 100 Most Influential US Conservatives to the 100 Most Beautiful Cars Of All Time. And now, in today’s paper, and triggered by the fact that “When Senator Barack Obama steps onto the...

Protesting at the Olympics

The director for security for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee announced today that protests would be allowed in specially designated areas in several parks in Beijing during the Olympics. According to BOCOG: “During the Olympics, in order to ensure a smooth...

This Just In: Dan Rather Has A Hitch In His Giddy Up

Dan Rather has always been about as tightly wound as a coot in a chicken coop, but during a recent MSNBC appearance, his brain appeared to be about as dependable as a Times Square Rolex. For all those who miss the Danisms from the days when he was on the air and in...

A Brit Looks At Nixonland

Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland hit British bookstores earlier this month, and at the London Telegraph Dominic Sandbrook, of Oxford’s history faculty and the author of well-received books on Eugene McCarthy and England in the Swinging Sixties, reviews it. His...

Disaster Diplomacy: Sino-U.S. Humanitarian Exercises

Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Pacific Command said yesterday that he and his Chinese counterpart had agreed to conduct two bilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster response exercises. According to the Department of Defense: Keating said he and...