The Office of Strategic Influence went from obscurity to infamy to
oblivion during a spin cycle that lasted just seven days in late February.
Coming to terms with a week of negative...
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22 February 2002
Thomas Friedman has achieved another media triumph with the
debut of "Tom's Journal" on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." The
feature will be a "one-on-one debriefing of Friedman by Lehrer or
one of the program's senior correspondents,"...
20 February 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- One rarely sees a thoroughly bad idea advanced
by government. Lots of stuff from silly to smelly gets done, but somebody
usually benefits, even if it's not the American people. But can anyone see
an upside to having an...
20 February 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- In response to President George W. Bush's call
to all Americans to give service to our country, some are enlisting in the
Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps or the armed services. Others have
begun putting in their...
15 February 2002
When a large company is getting clobbered by news stories
and pundits, the damage-control response often includes packing
full-page newspaper ads with solemn reassurances. That's what the
Arthur Andersen accounting firm has been doing...
14 February 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- As I write, the most riveting television drama
imaginable is being played out on C-Span, of all places.
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating campaign finance reform, and it's one of...
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating campaign finance reform, and it's one of...