North African Leaders Are Just A Little Nervous

Tunisia’s former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali found a safe haven in Saudi Arabia on Friday, he was prevented from landing in Paris by President Sarkozy, while Tunisia has devolved into near chaos. Ben Ali, the 74 year old president, took power after a bloodless coup in ’87 as a Social Democrat. In an all too typical scenario of Marxist leaders, he established an authoritarian police state: while the country was mired in poverty, he and the Elites established a system of government based on nepotism and corruption, while living in opulent luxury.

Democrats’ Admit: Saddam’s Regime Harbored Al Queda

Hours after Senator Clinton dropped out of the race, and the news cycle was swamped with never-ending coverage of the inevitable doing the inevitable something was released under the radar. …

Novak Via IM

Novak had a question and answer period with regular joe shmoes via IM yesterday at WaPo and there was some quite interesting exchanges: Floris, Va.: Here’s what I’ve never understood …