Bookmarked at Del.icio.us for 2007-02-20

• Kevin Drum: "SCAIFE REPENTS....Bill Clinton's #1 attack dog during the 1990s was reclusive wingnut zillionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. But according to one of his close associates, he's had a change of heart..."
  (tags: 20070219 politics stupidity)
• Celebrate George Washington's Birthday! Impeach George W. Bush: Scott Horton on Washington's treatment of prisoners
  (tags: 20070219 bushisms washington history war moral_responsibility)
• The Federalist #78: Hamilton: The Judiciary Department
  (tags: 20070219 constitution judiciary judicial_review)
• Israelis Are Gone, but Gaza Rebuilding Is Slow
  (tags: 20070219 middle_east)
• James Hamilton: Saudi oil production cuts: "But, if you'll indulge me in a bit of cloak-and-daggerism, there are others who must know. This data cannot be something that would be that difficult for American or Russian intelligence operatives to collect. S
  (tags: 20070219 oil middle_east economics)

Comments

[Hans Suter]

tag middle east: if gaza, which I consider Western Asia, is middle east, which countries go with the tag near east ?

[Nezar AlSayyad explained this to me: "Near East" and "Middle East" cover the same geographical area. Before the rise of Islam, it is the Near East. After the rise of Islam, it is the Middle East.]