Sunday, July 25, 2004

Posted here Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 9:09:19 PM     Most important, please read this excellent analysis of what has to happen to the US position towards Islamic revival. I cannot recommend this too highly. It is in four parts, and commissioned by the DOD!. It is issue thinking at its best. http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040717-015137-2040r.htm    part 1 http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040717-015400-5229r.htm    part 2 http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040717-020325-3451r.htm    part 3 http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040717-021046-7505r.htm    part 4 ********

Posted here Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 11:05:40 AM     Very interesting NYT article on the rise of thinking in the democratic party. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/magazine/25DEMOCRATS.html?position=&;adxnnl=1&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1090768484-50koLL/FdDYA/U/G8x5vBw The article is long, and very short on actual ideas and directions, but you can feel the energy toward trying to do something like the think tank ensemble that has supported free market anti-regulation and a general libertarian private property approach to politics. What is massing on the progressive side is a coherent story about what can happen.   ********