Foreign Affairs – To Form a Government – Lloyd N. Culter The media has been flooding the zone with coverage of Reagan and it can get tiresome, even for an admirer of Reagan’s. However, we haven’t had a full blown state funeral for a President since Johnson in 1973 and we aren’t accustomed to it. Nixon opted for a more modest funeral ten years ago and it was probably a wise choice...

James Joyner links to a great piece by Colin Powell in Foreign Affairs stating his support for the Administration’s foreign policy which is surprising given all of the chatter about his dissatisfaction. He may just be doing the job of a good soldier and supporting the boss. He might also mean it. He mentions the National Security Strategy released in 2002 ( summary here, full report here) approvingly...