Washington Affairs

26 May 2003


Whitman Quits Unsuccessful Role at EPA
Christie Todd Whitman, head of the EPA and former governor of New Jersey, announced her departure from the Bush administration last week. As environmental spokeswoman for a White House of anti-greens, she had a lousy hand dealt to her from the beginning. However, she made a mistake in playing an environmentalist when she should better have acted as an apologist. In hindsight, her integrity would have been best served to decline the job in the first place. Click here to read more.

America Wants to Change the Rules
The Bush administration has been telling the world all along that there is a new sheriff in town, and the Iraq war was the first in a series of actions, not necessarily military in nature, designed to drive the point home. In political science, such a power is often referred to as a revisionist state. However, the ramifications of such a nation also being the world's hegemon make this a situation far different from any other. Click here for more.

Congress OKs Mini-Nuke Research
For a nation at war with terrorists, the US is cursed with a legislature that doesn't seem to have a clue. The House and Senate last week approved research into small battlefield nuclear bombs. In the 5-8 kiloton range, these weapons have little purpose to a conventional military. However, if stolen or replicated, they make an ideal terrorist device. One wonders which side Congress is on in this war. Click here to read on.