When I returned to my office at George Washington University last week, the calendar on my wall – curled and faded with age – read March 2020.
Biden administration officials are proud of their effort to airlift about 118,000 Afghans, plus somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 U.S. citizens, from the Kabul airport in the final days of the president's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. But still unanswered are two key questions: One, who did we leave behind? And two, who did we bring out?
Over a decade ago we published an editorial about how taking care of the little things can have a huge impact. We thought it was worth repeating.
At 9:05 Monday night, State Department spokesman Ned Price issued a plaintive message to the new rulers of Afghanistan. "The Taliban needs to meet its commitments and obligations in Afghanistan," Price tweeted.
Ever since journalists started working from home in large numbers, they've begun adopting pets and, inevitably, writing about them. No problem there. I've worked from home since the 1980s, and caring for domestic animals has long been among my ruling passions.
Dear Doctor: I just saw on the TV news that there’s a new fungus killing people in Texas, and that there’s no cure for it. They’re calling it a superbug, which sounds scary. What is it? Is it going to be everywhere, like COVID-19?
DEAR HARRIETTE: The other day, I left my house in a rush and forgot the key to the main entrance of my apartment complex on the table. When I returned about an hour later, I spotted my neighbor, who I usually see outside while she’s walking her dog.
Last Friday’s scrimmage in Lawton was interesting to say the least. A skirmish that lasted less than two minutes has been the center of conversations here and in El Reno for a week.
President Biden ended the war in Afghanistan earlier this month, fulfilling the broken promises of the last three presidents, whereupon both the liberal and conservative media rose up as one to shout: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The Biden administration says it does not know how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan hoping to leave in the face of the American withdrawal and Taliban takeover. For days, Pentagon officials said they had no ability to venture outside the Kabul airport to find those Americans and bring them to safety.