John Poindexter is back. As I wrote a few months ago, I thought that he was gone with the Reagan Administration. He was the one who thought it a good idea to trade arms for hostages. He is to head the Total Information Awareness Agency. Read what William Safire, Molly Ivins, Kathleen Parker and the New York Times all think about this dubious endevour.

And along the theme of floundering Democrats, this guy actually has a vision of what a Democrat really should be. Cockburn gave them hell, as he should have. Matt Zemek has some ideas beyond that.