Or another way of putting it is this: is securing this little piece of land — and when you look at it from a global perspective, Iraq is not a very big place — worth it? Given all the instabilities in all the other places in the world, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, is this the best way, the best place to invest another $1.2 trillion? Will enhancing Iraq make America any safer? That, after all, is what any presidential candidate ought to be addressing.
Is there a way to calculate how much this war costs the average american family each day? Or week? Or month? Or year?
Think about it this way: the war has cost each American family about $30,000. That’s more money than some families make in a year. For others, it might not bankrupt them, but it could sure make a difference. It’s about the price of a new car — whether you wanted to buy the car or not.
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- Bad craziness
The news from Wall Street this week is dire.
- Bull disclosure
As the presidential candidates prep for the final debate of 2008 — which will take place on October 15 in Hempstead, New York, with CBS’s Bob Schieffer moderating — it’s a fitting time to ask: why do some journalistic conflicts of interest become semi-scandals, while others get almost no attention at all?
- Mooninite scapegoats?
A year from now, what will we think of the Mooninite fiasco?
- Republican dirty tricks
Late last month, readers of the conservative web site NewsMax discovered this juicy tidbit in a column by Ronald Kessler: “In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an ‘October surprise’ to help win the November congressional elections.”
- The 10th Annual Muzzle Awards
Mitt Romney will say or do anything if he thinks it will help him become president.
- Political art
Tucked inside President Bush’s stinker of a 2009 budget are a series of proposals that would shamefully cut funding for the arts.
- What smell?
It’s always summer to George W. Bush, our lazy, hazy, crazy commander in chief who puts in shorter presidential work weeks than Woodrow Wilson did after he was paralyzed by a stroke.
- A sobering question
With every passing week the nation’s already-screwed-up economy becomes even more distressed.
- The morning after
Democrats and Independents are voting in record numbers.
- Flashbacks: February 17, 2006
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook and Jessica McConnell.
- Q&A: Billy Bragg
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