I’ve heard the American media described accurately at a bunch of 7 year-olds at a youth soccer game. There’s nothing strategic about the game; all the kids chase the soccer ball in a pack. I thought of that when I read a story about enduring sickness in the Gulf of Mexico. It didn’t come from [...]

Here’s a fascinating admission by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. And that ABC News is reporting on it is all the more fascinating. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear today that she is worried the United States is losing what she calls the “information war” abroad. China and Russia, she says, have started [...]

Just to check in on our scenes of African upheaval: Ivory Coast remains at an impasse, as the international community tries to starve Laurent Gbagbo of money to force his removal from office after elections. In Sudan, the vote count on secession for the south is occurring briskly, but we probably won’t know the outcome [...]