Month: August 2006

The New York Times and Washington Post this morning both contain remarkable reports on Hezbollah’s reconstruction efforts in Lebanon. Suddenly, the guns are set aside, and Hezbollah members are surveying the wreckage, promising payment to victims and refugees, and sitting atop bulldozers pushing aside rubble. Reports the Times: While the Israelis began their withdrawal, hundreds…

The Army now says it will not consider a Florida developer’s proposal to build a 125-acre military theme park. “That proposal . . . was dead on arrival, and will be dead on arrival if resubmitted,” said Keith Eastin, the Army’s assistant secretary for installations and environment in an e-mailed statement to the Washington Post.

Yes, it’s a big news day with Bob Ney’s resignation, the BP pipeline closure and the Lamont-Lieberman primary. But let’s not let this item on the cover of today’s Washington Post slip by: “Army Ponders Amusement Venue, Hotel at Ft. Belvoir.” The Post reports the army is giving serious consideration to a proposal for a…