It occurs to me…

… that Scott Parkin would never have got this much pub­li­city about Hal­libur­ton’s involve­ment in Iraq if he hadn’t been arrested… Whether pub­li­city actu­ally has an effect on *policy* is an entirely sep­ar­ate debate.

Who’s in charge, again?

Fas­cin­at­ing art­icle on Bush’s response to Kat­rina from New­s­week. What strikes me about this is the exchange between Gov­ernor Blanco and Bush. This is *not* the time for pro­tect­ing your author­ity, woman!