Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that, about a month into the discussions about what military strategy to employ in Afghanistan, the administration decided that the mission Gen. McChrystal had based his proposal on was not the right mission. Consistent with administration policy as of March, McChrystal's view of [...]
This was a big weekend for the Washington Post. In a front-page story today, it exposed, albeit almost sub silentio, the incompetence of the Obama administration's decision-making process with respect to Afghanistan. And in a front-page story yesterday, it reported, for the first time I believe, on
The Washington Post presents a detailed version of the lengthy process that finally resulted in President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. The early paragraphs track the White House's self-congratulatory line that Obama's close attention to detail resulted in the speeding up of troop deployment, thus' [...]
The Washington Post is showing great interest in the Republican Party these days. To me, that's a bit like Leopold and Loeb showing great interest in one of your children.
Unlike some entries in the Post's series of occasional "whither the GOP" articles, today's article at [...]
The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration secured China's cooperation in dealing with Iran by holding out the specter of an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. According to the Post, two senior officials on the National Security Council - Jeffrey Bader and the ubiquitous Dennis Ross [...]
The lead story in today's Washington Post is called "Nuclear Power Regains Support." Unfortunately, though, the story's focus is not on the U.S. The dateline is London, as the Post chronicles how the "commander" of a group of Greenpeace activists who stormed a nuclear plant in Britain a [...]
We've noted the Obama administration's penchant for bullying America's allies and kowtowing to its adversaries. This Washington Post story presents another case-in-point -- our treatment of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. As Afghan presidents go, Karzai makes a good mayor of Kabul (in a bad year). Nonetheless, right now' [...]
The Washington Post has a front-page story today about Sen. Blanche Lincoln, the Arkansas Democrat and her plight as a "centrist in [the] health care debate." According to Post reporter Shailagh Murray, if Lincoln "does not embrace the party line on the health issue, she could face a" [...]
According to the Washington Post "multiple former McCain [campaign] officials" are disputing, and indeed trashing, Sarah Palin's account of the campaign, as presented in her new book, Going Rogue, which is already a best-seller. Nearly all of these former campaign officials have chosen to remain anonymous.
But [...]
The Washington Post hits a new low in foolish, partisan reporting in this front-page story about Dede Scozzafava and the race in New York-23. Written by Jason Horowitz, with all the finesse of a third-tier lefty blogger, the piece bears the nuanced title: "'Scozzafava' Turns Into Epithet: It's'" [...]
Nidal Hasan continues to get the benefit of the bogus doubt from the Washington Post. Over the weekend he was described as having "allegedly opened fire" at Fort Hood. Today, the Post's main front-page headline calls him the "Fort Hood suspect."
Chris Cillizza is a talented but partisan political reporter for the Washington Post. One of his specialties is purporting to draw lessons about political candidates from obscure and rather meaningless comments and events. Somehow, these lessons typically reflect favorably on liberal Democrats and unfavorably on conservative Republicans.
For example, I wrote [...]
Last week President Obama told us not to jump to conclusions about Nidal Hasan's murderous rampage at Fort Hood. The Washington Post has taken Obama's instruction to heart. Today, in a story about the killer's "lonely life," the Post's Phillip Rucker writes that Hasan "allegedly opened fire in" [...]
According to the Washington Post, the House is expected to vote on the Democrats' health care takeover bill at around 10:00 tonight, eastern time. The Post says that both parties are keeping their vote counts close to the vest, but an hour or so ago Republican Whip Eric Cantor' [...]
