‘Omega’: Make war. Make talk. Make it all unreal.
Richard Elster, the central character of “Point Omega,” Don DeLillo’s slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the Pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the Iraq war.
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Review: – Point Omega’
Richard Elster, the central character of “Point Omega,” Don DeLillo ’s slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the Pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the Iraq war.
Make War. Make Talk. Make It All Unreal.
Richard Elster, the central character of “Point Omega,” Don DeLillo ’s slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the Pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the Iraq war.
Books of The Times: Make War. Make Talk. Make It All Unreal.
Richard Elster, the central character of “Point Omega,” Don DeLillo ’s slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the Pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the Iraq war.
Key events during Obama’s first year in office
In many ways 2008 was more of the same: Britney Spears still made headlines, albeit a bit more on the positive side, but ranking no.
‘Buck stops here,’ but Obama still blaming Bush for troubles
He says “the buck stops with me,” but nearly a year into office President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation’s troubles – the economy, terrorism, health care – on George W. Bush.
Obama’s ‘buck’ still often stops with Bush
Media asleep at the wheel Jan. 8: Eric Burns, president of Media Matters for America, talks about why ABC failed to correct Rudy Giuliani’s false statements and the broader pattern of media complicity with a false right wing narrative about George W. Bush’s record on terrorism.
Obama’s ‘buck’ still often stops with Bush
Obama on job losses, clean energy tax credits Jan. 8: President Barack Obama says his administration needs to investigate every opportunity to create jobs, and announces a $2.3 billion tax credit designed to bolster U.S. clean energy manufacturing.
Analysis: Obama’s buck-stopping goes only so far
He says “the buck stops with me,” but nearly a year into office President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation’s troubles – the economy, terrorism, health care – on George W. Bush.
Serious About Security
Americans are losing faith in the Democrats’ ability to fight terrorism. In the wake of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines plane, Republicans are again accusing President Obama and the Democrats of being weak on security.