Archives from “December 2006”.

  1. The Supreme Court and Executive Privilege in the Watergate Scandal
    December 28th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    With the death of Gerald Ford on December 26, I have to have some kind of remembrance of him, but summaries of his Presidency can be found nearly anywhere. It seems...
  2. Freedom of Religion on the Eve of Christmas Eve
    December 23rd, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    Happy holidays to all of the political junkies out there. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times; it is the time of recess, it is the time of lame ducks; the...
  3. Bush's "Way Forward" in Iraq
    December 20th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    I'm a whiner. I know that. Sometimes all I want to do is complain about how stupid everyone else is, which really just means that they don't think the same way I do....
  4. Why Conservatives Don't Like the Iraq Study Group
    December 18th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    Consider this great G.W. Bush snippet: "And this is an administration -- we're not into nation-building, we're focused on justice. And we're going to get justice. ...
  5. Iraq and the Arab-Israel Question
    December 15th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    The second part of the Iraq Study Group Report (ISGR) begins with "The External Approach: Building an International Consensus." This section is primarily about...
  6. Assessment of the Iraq Study Group
    December 13th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward--A New Approach is divided into two sections. Today, I want to focus on the first, "Assessment," and my next column will...
  7. The Same Ole Faces: The Iraq Study Group
    December 11th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    Consider this the first in a series of articles on the Iraq Study Group Report, which was released on December 6, 2006. I may have to break in to discuss events such as...
  8. Robert Gates, Transcripts, Senators, and the Press: Using, Redefining, and Misrepresenting
    December 8th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    Just to let you know, I got my copy of the Iraq Study Group Report last night, and I plan on discussing it next week. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but over...
  9. Robert Gates as the New Secretary of Defense
    December 6th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    I love it when academics get appointed to important government positions. It seems that lawyers have had a stranglehold on American politics for a long time, and they...
  10. School Desegregation Again?
    December 4th, 2006 - By Chad A. B. Wilson
    Didn't our country deal with this back in 1954 and '55 with Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka? If you remember, the Warren court unanimously decided that "separate...