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Archives for November 28, 2011

What can be learned from the White House visitor lists?

I wonder: what can we learn about the Obama White House from his visitors? Does it matter who the President invites into the West Wing for a personal visit with himself, staff, and policy makers? Democrats sure thought it did when the Bush Administration was meeting with oil executives, and the Obama Administration has been […]

Book Review: “In My Time” by Dick Cheney

What will history think of Dick Cheney? That jury’s still out, I think, but I know one thing: Cheney is doing his best to steer the criticism. I’ll be honest: I only read this up until the chapter when Cheney starts his account of 9/11 and its aftermath. At that point, I decided that his […]