Israeli Overkill
Hamas has once again attempted to burst out of draconian Israeli policies with violence, and once again Israel has responded with overkill. After the misadventure in Lebanon some of us…
Middle East Hostility: Israel Strikes Back at Hamas
American Democracy in Iraq and throughout the Middle East? That's just not going to happen. Israel retaliates against Hamas Israel retaliated against [the recent rocket fire by] the Palestinian organization Hamas with air…
Obama brings assets to face challenges
Barack Obama will inherit two wars and the worst economic conditions in three generations when he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. Ironically, that challenge might be a…
Kennedy: 9/11, Obama led her to public service
With the wind of her family's legacy at her back, Caroline Kennedy says her quest for a Senate seat has been a long time in the making.
In her…
“I was dismayed by my voting record. . . ” Caroline Kennedy
"I was dismayed. . . " This is standard political code used when your opponent just inserted a lower appendage into his/her oral cavity and began to chew. This…
New prescription for victory in Afhanistan.
Word on the street is that more and more Afhani warlords are seeing blue over rising hopes for more elections in tribal areas. But maybe I heard one word…
Biden: Deal near on stimulus plan
The incoming Obama administration is nearing agreement with congressional Democrats on a huge emergency spending bill intended to jolt the weak U.S. economy and create 3 million jobs over two…
Bush reverses one of his pardons
The pardons President George W. Bush granted this week couldn't have been better Christmas gifts if Santa himself had delivered them.
But a Brooklyn, N.Y., man, Isaac Robert Toussie,…
Lawyers never take holidays
Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter "the House") a general lack of stirring by all…
Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin, give writers coal for Christmas
Alas. What are we here at Capitol Hill Blue to do to persuade you to read our columns? We know it's the provocative column titles about politicians and our intriguing…
