I attended Barack Obama's speech in St. Louis on Saturday night. I was among a numerous other people attending -- the press reported that about 20,000 people were present. To get into the arena, those attending had to follow the line for several blocks, leading up to the door. We walked…
Fred Kaplan's has written a new book, Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power. He argues that George W. Bush's failures stem from two great misconceptions: A) that the world changed after Sept. 11, when it didn't, and B) that the United States emerged from the Cold…
Is there a better way to spend the money we are currently spending in Iraq? The January 18, 2008 issue of Nature reports that Congress is telling NASA that NASA needs to dig up $60 Million in funding for a planet-hunting telescope out of its general budget, money that simple doesn't…
The South Carolina results are in. Barack Obama has obtained 55% of the votes in a three-way race. In his victory speech, Obama eloquently scolded the Clintons for their divisive politics. This criticism becomes evident at the five minute mark and crescendos at about the nine minute mark. Andrew Sullivan…
Note from Erich: DI has a purchased a license from Cagle Cartoons to publish these cartoons. We are proud to support the work of these cartoonists. I thought I'd mention a bit more about Cagle. It is an organization owned by cartoonists for the benefit of cartoonists. Cagle publishes the works of…