Category Archives: Government
Bailout
Robert Gates called the stealth F22 Raptor a relic of the cold war. The Senate exercised its awesome power, 58-40, to make it extinct. What is GM a relic of?
Walter Cronkite RIP
Walter Cronkite made his giant leap to eternity during the week of the 40th anniversary of the first real moonwalk. The most trusted man in America was closely identified with the moon landing. Here’s an interesting column by Howard Kurtz about the change in the media since then.
Pathfinders
The quirky Republican governor of South Carolina, and former presidential prospect, Mark Sanford, is hanging on to his job. Meanwhile the charismatic Republican governor of Alaska, who did not have an affair in Argentina, as far as we know, quit hers.
I moved a previous rough sketch up to the varsity for this one.
