Washington Affairs

7 April 2003


Edwards Takes Early Nomination Lead
The Democrats have already picked their first string team for primary season. No surprise that the money raising efforts have determined who is in and who is out. The only surprise is that Democratic activists still believe that the primary balloting will matter. Choosing a nominee for both major parties has become a magician's trick, letting the audience choose from among a pre-selected set of choices that vary only slightly from one another. There's less manipulation in a game of three-card monte. Click here to read more.

New Foreign Policy Divides
The dichotomy of realist and idealist in US foreign policy goes back to Woodrow Wilson, a man who caused more evil with his good intentions than words can express. On the heels of the war on Iraq, a new set of factions is emerging from Washington. The faces and the feelings may set the course of imperial policy for decades to come. Click here for more.

SARS Scare Showcases US Health Emergency Policy
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome [SARS] is a nasty little virus from somewhere in southern China. Thanks to modern means of travel, this vicious bug has spread across the globe and killed scores of people. Thanks to planning and government spending the disease looks containable and treatable within the US and Europe. Click here to read on.