Pork & Molasses Pork & Molasses
"If we say we need it, the American people can afford it," a high-ranking Pentagon official once told Vice Admiral John Shanahan years ago. By "it" he meant we...
Mar 8, 2006 / Ari Berman
“America Could Lose Its Army in Iraq” “America Could Lose Its Army in Iraq”
Imagine this scenario, as described last week in Washington by defense expert and former Senator Gary Hart. Overnight, Iraq has descended into a full-scale civil war. Shiites and ...
Mar 7, 2006 / Ari Berman
“Stare” at that Decisis “Stare” at that Decisis
Walking up to my office on Capitol Hill today, I noticed an usually large amount of people milling around. Big crowds were standing outside the Senate buildings on a chilly Februar...
Feb 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
The West Leans Left The West Leans Left
Is a red state Governor who wears cowboy hats, embroidered denim jackets and bolo ties, drives a Volkswagen Jetta powered by biodiesel, ran with a Republican Lt. Gov on his ticket,...
Feb 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
Duke Ain’t Cheap Duke Ain’t Cheap
There's one thing you can say about Duke Cunningham: He didn't come cheap. Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor who purchased Cunningham's California home for a price inflated by ...
Feb 24, 2006 / Ari Berman
Days of Rage in Iraq Days of Rage in Iraq
Iraq is in the early stages of a civil war, as events on the ground make painfully clear. At least 111 people have been killed since Sunni insurgents attacked one of the holiest Sh...
Feb 23, 2006 / Ari Berman
Band of Brothers Revisited Band of Brothers Revisited
Shortly after Katha raised complaints about the largely male composition of the Band of Brothers--the veterans running for Congress as Dems in 2006--the Washington Post ran a front...
Feb 22, 2006 / Ari Berman
Revisionist History Revisionist History
Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book The End of History was arguably the most influential post-Cold War neoconservative tract. But for some time Fukuyama's been uneasy with his fellow neoc...
Feb 21, 2006 / Ari Berman
The Worst President Ever? The Worst President Ever?
In commemoration of President's Day, I dug up a December column by noted presidential biographer Richard Reeves entitled, "Is George Bush the Worst President--Ever?" Tur...
Feb 20, 2006 / Ari Berman
Listen to Fritz Listen to Fritz
Former South Carolina Senator Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings came to the Senate in 1966 and retired in 2004, at the age of 82. Still sharp and spirited, he knows bette...
Feb 20, 2006 / Ari Berman