I woke before the alarm. There was the physical urgency to rise, but the delicious sensation ofthe fresh pillowcase against my cheek held me supine. I looked at the red glow of the alarm clock, blinking its way to the metered cacaphony of the appointed moment. Ten minutes until I was supposed to rise, nearly […]

There is no catastrophe to report from the Middle East today, only one American KIA, though though Ambassador Bremmer has been recalled from Baghdad for consultations in Washington. I read an interesting Op-ed piece in the Times about how the Presidential candidates are being shaped and molded, preparing us for Hillary in 2008 just in […]

The White House this morning indicates that major combat has not resumed in Iraq, whatever else you might hear, and the President will go to Arlington today for the traditional wreath-laying. I am thinking about all vets everywhere today. There is much to consider and sacrifices which must be made. I think back to where […]

“La ilegal base norteamericana de Guant�namo” – Cuban government term for the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay I heard someone say that at one time there were more landmines around the Naval Reservation than in any other equivalent area in the world. I don’t know about that. Mine clearing in the DMZ in Korea was […]

Isobel, Bill Richardson’s Cheif of Staff called me and told me where he wanted to go and what he wanted to do. It was almost breathtaking in scope. I began to conceptualize how we could do it. I decided I needed a high concept, a strategic direction for the planning process. . I thought the […]

The war news this morning was depressing. Maybe that is the only kind of war news there is. Even victory had sadness. I heard a story about some crazy Brits who had followed the path of Mao Tse-Tung’s Long March and discovered that it was only 6, 100 kilometers, only half of what the Communists […]

It is that time of the year that we celebrate the great ritual of the Democratic process, the General Election. First Tuesday in November we troop to the polls to cast our ballots for the great issues confronting the Republic. Of course that isn’t true this year. We will get to vote on that next […]

Vicki�s last broadcast was this morning. I got up, although I could have slept, and I stayed in bed to listen. She was good, on the top of her game and didn�t say a word about leaving until she introduced Dan Damon to recap the headlines from around the world. She said that she had […]

The news this morning- and it is still Vicki reading it for a few more days- is about the situation in Iraq. Five bombs at rush hour and forty dead. Almost all of them local citizens. The Press is making the case that this is Vietnam all over again, and this mass attack something like […]

The race went under cloudy skies and a cool breeze. Almost perfect. Some prefer crisp and cold, but the challenge of being ready to go and the hour or so that you have to kill waiting for the starting cannon is always problematic. These conditions were about perfect, provided it does not begin to rain. […]