Slate’s Jack Shafer on the CIA shakeup
Get ready to see a lot of back and forth this week regarding the shakeups going on at the CIA. Shafer gives a sneak peek:
“Now we’ve got a new bunch of Hitlers”
Linda Ronstadt has taken up the rhetoric of her new mentor and hero Michael Moore:
Howard Kurtz on the Rice nomination
As always, Mr. Kurtz’s analysis of media coverage is spot on. Here he takes a look at the difference between the coverage of Dr. Rice and Colin Powell:
Bill Safire to retire column in early 2005
A great conservative voice prepares to exit stage right.
Rice replaces Powell
It’s official. Powell has stepped down from his position as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condi Rice has been chosen by the President to replace him. Sounds like the administration is going in for a bit of an overhaul: