Musings of a modern guy

If you are not related to the media or in politics, the troubles currently visiting Attorney-General may seem a bit incomprehensible. So what are the troubles facing the attorney-general ? He is facing questioning over the firing of some US attorneys. These are political appointments and they serve at the President’s discretion, so firing them […]

The controversy over the firing of the US attorneys by the Bush justice department has been played at various levels and through the media over the past few months. Congress has been attempting to get White House aides and Justice Department personnel to depose in front of them for months now. When Attorney General Gonzales […]

The Democrats have long chafed at President Bush’s strategy on Iraq. For a long time, the Democrats were in a minority, and what they said or what they wanted did not make much difference in politics. But as the war lingered on, with no seemingly achievable solution, and people started getting frustrated with the continuing […]

Dictators are not used to being told ‘no, especially not dictators who control all the levers of power. So it was not too surprising that one fine day a few months back, President and General Musharraf called the Chief Justice of the Pakistani Supreme Court and told him to resign. He has some procedural issues […]

North Korea has always been seen as a suspicious entity for talks, not reliable; but carrying enough firepower (especially after its acquisition of a nuclear device) such that it needs to be talked to. In addition, it is involved in a fair amount of deception, including official complicity in smuggling and currency counterfeiting. So, it […]

This must be the greatest failure of President Bush’s watch. The most powerful man of the world, with an incredibly powerful military and an awesome economic backing behind him, has been unable to break an organization composed of some people. It becomes even more incredulous when you start wondering as to how the Government of […]