No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

Conservatives are certain to fail

From the New York Times.

“Mr. Rumsfeld seemed to shrug off the brutal treatment of the prisoners as the sort of thing that can happen in a system that is not "perfect" — a distressing echo of his costly dismissal of the looting in Baghdad last year as the "untidiness" of freedom.”

It isn’t that disasters like the tortures at Abu Ghraib prison “just happen in a system that is not perfect.” Nor was the (predicted) looting after the invasion simply the “untidiness of freedom.”

When conservative Republicans who dislike government on general principles are put in charge of government, it should be no surprise when they inevitably fail to control and lead it properly. They don’t know how and don’t want to learn..

posted by Richard at 5:13 AM