DC Dispatches

…and, oh yeah, he’s still a Republican. Colin Powell was on Face The Nation today. Bob Schieffer lead the interview by asking him first about a recent volley of remarks that one might say started with Powell critizing conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh during Q&A at a cybersecurity conference, as reported by Chris Strohm of Congress [...]

This past Sunday morning brought the news of Jack Kemp’s passing, and my one interaction with him came to mind. Kemp was part of an event I covered while stringing for Pacifica’s Peace Watch, and what I understood about the nature of his military service made him subject to inclusion under a broad question I [...]