More Hypocrisy in the House of Bush

On Monday, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice criticized Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq’s largest Shi’ite militia, the Mahdi Army. Sadr had threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
Rice commented, “I know he’s sitting in Iran. I guess it’s all-out war for anybody [...]

Book Review – Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War

Seeing my interest in Team of Rivals about the Lincoln presidency, Heather bought me Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War. This was a very interesting book about two men and the war that brought them together.