Yesterday afternoon at three o’clock, Khus Dihugami Dadamizo, Special International Policy Emissary of His Excellency President Hamid Karzai for the Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States of America, arrived once more for a policy consultation, and did so in his usual condition. Enough said – regular readers of this Web log know what that… Continue reading Hamid Karzai Plays Hardball Out of His League
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US Senate Majority Swallows Spider to Catch Fly – Cat to Follow?
Although any of them who have looked at the portrait on a US ten-dollar bill have seen Alexander Hamilton, international readers of this Web log may not have heard of Aaron Burr. We Americans, on the other hand, relish a good fight, and every single intelligent, educated, literate, well-informed one of us who recognizes the… Continue reading US Senate Majority Swallows Spider to Catch Fly – Cat to Follow?
Is There Yet to be a Ford in Toronto’s Future?
“Mr. Collins,” Gretchen wailed in a desperate tone, “there’s this… uncouth boor, I guess is the best way to put it… on Line One, and I’m pretty sure he’s falling-down drunk, too. Every other word that comes out of his mouth is either [expletive], [expletive], [expletive] or [expletive], and after I spoke with him for… Continue reading Is There Yet to be a Ford in Toronto’s Future?
US Navy Gets Screwed by Fat Guy in Singpore and It Hurts
On a Friday night in a Norfolk, Virginia bar, a stone’s throw from the Navy’s most important base on the East Coast, you can meet a lot of miserable, drunken sailors. But if you visit a bar, as I did, on a Friday night in Crystal City, Virginia, within spitting distance of the Pentagon, you… Continue reading US Navy Gets Screwed by Fat Guy in Singpore and It Hurts
Obama Pegs Annise Parker in an Awkward Position
Around ten yesterday morning, Gretchen began receiving calls from “some pushy woman named Parker,” as she put it, more or less demanding an immediate telephone consultation. Gretchen managed to work her in during my lunch break, which she accomplished by canceling my reservation at the Capital Grille and having a taxi deliver sushi from the… Continue reading Obama Pegs Annise Parker in an Awkward Position