In response to Dennis Sander’s call for a conservative Euston Manifesto, Callimachus declares that there cannot be such a manifesto because there are no conservatives. We are all liberals now.
I completely agree that liberalism is the vastly dominant ideology of America and the rest of the West. George Bush, for all the spite he generates [...]

Really? Wow.
From the Washington Post:
In the Republican race, former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who recently made clear his intentions to seek the presidency, has expanded his lead over Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Giuliani holds a 2 to 1 advantage over McCain among Republicans, according to the poll, more than tripling his margin [...]

That’s the theme Giuliani’s campaign is testing. He’s also suggesting a shift away from the religious right.
Will it work?
WASHINGTON â€â€? Mayor Giuliani is calling on the Republican Party to redefine itself as “the party of freedom,” focusing on lower taxes, school choice, and a health care system rooted in free market principles.
Delivering a policy-driven overview [...]

First, the US is apparently reversing their policy and talking to Iran and Syria.
That’s good…
The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a neighbors meeting on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
“We hope that all governments seize this opportunity to [...]

A prosecution expert says Jose Padilla is competent to stand trial, contradicting defense claims that his imprisonment amounted to torture that had induced post-traumatic stress disorder in the dirty-bomb suspect.
That’s how it goes in these cases. The defense witnesses say he’s crazy; the prosecution witnesses say he’s not. The judge then has to sort it [...]

…in 2002…and nails it.

If this is a guy who’s being accused of not having enough experience, then maybe we should consider people without enough experience more often if they can demonstrate a track record of such astute observations.
(h/t: Sully)

But he was wrong. Uhh…woops.
From Politico:
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said this week that President Bush “was pro-choice before he became pro-life,� an assertion the Romney campaign now acknowledges was inaccurate. The remark was based on a magazine article Romney had read, his campaign said.[...]
Question: “Bloggers like to call it ‘flip flopping,’ the way you’ve [...]

The New York Times on Al Qaeda’s resurgence:
Al Qaeda’s comeback didn’t have to happen. And it must not be allowed to continue. The new Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan do not operate with the blessing of the Pakistani government. But Pakistan’s military dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has not tried very hard to drive them out. In [...]

While Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spar over who gets more of Hollywood’s money, Bill Richardson is writing thoughtful editorials on real issues. Richardson, former ambassador to the UN, current governor of New Mexico and presidential hopeful, lays out how he would approach Iran’s nuclear program:
No nation has ever been forced to renounce nuclear weapons, [...]

A very interesting article by Cass Sunstein on wikis in the Washington Post is available here.

He’s not backing down from his pro-choice stance, and it may be winning him regard in conservative circles as a man who puts principles above pandering.
From the Telegraph:
Whereas his rivals John McCain and Mitt Romney are engaged in attempts to disavow previous statements and recast themselves as social conservatives, Mr Giuliani’s pitch is that “for [...]

“We believe there is a need for power to protect peace, and strong people with the capability to respond are the real protectors of peace. That is why we are keen to maintain the efficiency of our armed forces.�
– Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of the [...]

Today, the IAEA reported that Iran, in open defiance of the UN, is steadily expanding â€â€? rather than freezing â€â€? its efforts to enrich uranium. Worse still, according to David Albright (a former inspector who is now president of the Institute for Science and International Security), they are installing centrifuges “faster than was commonly [...]

Suddenly, they’re everywhere.

I know, it sounds like a fairly odd proposal, but wait till you find out an interesting piece of trivia later on…as if that’s not a big giveway.
From the New York Post:
February 20, 2007 — Immigrant-rights activists yesterday renewed their push to allow legal noncitizens to vote in the Big Apple.
A bill that would grant [...]

Are humans innately good, or innately selfish?
That’s a fundamental question when it comes to discussing morality, law and society. If humans are innately selfish, then the only way society functions is by the majority forcing everyone to behave, through tools of social control like government, religion and culture. Without such control, the argument goes, society [...]

For 22 years — until 2005 — he was Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington. Since then, he’s been out of the picture. Until recently, says Jackson Diehl at the Washington Post:
In the past month Bandar has held three meetings with the Iranian national security chief, Ali Larijani, most recently last Wednesday in Riyadh. [...]

A cheer for Senator Clinton. From the New York Times:
. . . yesterday morning Mrs. Clinton rolled out a new response to those demanding contrition: She said she was willing to lose support from voters rather than make an apology she did not believe in.
“If the most important thing to any of you is [...]

Well, according to Red State, not Mitt Romney…
I think I’m done with the campaign of Willard Mitt Romney. I’m tired of it. His campaign and the potential for his nomination has jumped the shark. No Republican candidate for President has ever more deserved the title “Multiple Choice Mitt.” [...]
I’m tired of running into these stories. [...]