Author: DXO
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Economics is the Crucible
Diplomacy is not where it’s at when it comes to how nations interact. Everything is economics. More evidence here at the NYT, where a Houston bankruptcy judge affected the nefarious works of the Russian government. Everything is economics. Note the downturned heads of the bidders, the copious water and the goofball complexion.
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New: Annotations in the NYT
It seems the New York Times has gotten on the Annotated Bibiliography Bandwagon. Today was the first time I saw an obituary with extensive links in the body of the obit. In this case, Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie ‘Schlockmeister’, they are self-linking to their entries on the movies of Larry Buchanan. Not a…
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Attack in Karbala Is Followed by Another in Najaf
By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 19 – Only days into Iraq’s six-week election campaign, an eruption of violence today killed at least 60 people and wounded about 120 others in car bombings in Iraq’s two holiest Shiite cities, Najaf and Karbala. In Baghdad, a group of about 30 insurgents hurling hand grenades and…
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Iraqi Judge Questions Aides of Hussein With Lawyers
By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 18 – The chief investigative judge for the Iraqi tribunal established to try Saddam Hussein and his top aides said Saturday that he had held formal interviews with Ali Hassan al-Majid, known to Iraqis as Chemical Ali, and Sultan Hashim Ahmed, the Iraqi defense minister during the United…
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THE CAMPAIGN: Iraq’s Election Is Seen as a ‘Jungle of Ambiguity’
By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 17 – With the candidates’ lists closed and Iraq seemingly set on an irreversible course toward elections on Jan. 30, a senior Western official with decades of Middle East experience cast about Friday for the kind of optimistic forecast that the United States and its allies have offered…