Al Kamen in the Post points out a startling statement from Newt Gingrich in 1994:
“If there is a Social Security problem, it is somewhere around 25 to 30 years from now,” Gingrich said. “The problem of children dying in Dumpsters is this evening. To ask me to go past every problem we could solve that is immediate in order to get at an abstraction that is 25 years from now is very bad management of problem-solving.”
The terrorists have come across a better way to terrorize: notify us in advance. Since the kidnapping and brutal murder of Nicholas Berg, they’ve started a new trend, publicizing a deadline then beheading their [more...]
Why didn’t I see this before?
George W. Bush is the real life embodiment of Frank Burns.
I’m wondering — why isn’t there a member of the minority in Congress willing to stand up, every day, and ask: “Why hasn’t this administration captured Osama bin Laden?” I think [more...]
