Obama: blowing off the Dalai Lama

21 October 2009 |permalink | email article

Is the president becoming too cautious and compromising in terms of foreign policy issues? White House strategists don’t seem concerned but maybe they should be.

Vaclav Havel, the former Czech president and playwright, recently asked a New York Times… read full story

LAPD: who will succeed Bratton?

20 October 2009 |permalink | email article

The Gnomes of Spring Street whisper that a decision is expected around the middle of November about who will be named to succeed Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, stepping down from his post at the end of this… read full story

B41, O44 on civility, public service

19 October 2009 |permalink | email article

Hurly-burly has been an endemic aspect of American politics since the founding of the Republic.

But since the election of Barack Obama as the first African American president last year the noun has taken on a far more… read full story

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