President Bush may soon be hitting Craigslist to fill a new position in his administration. He wants to create the job of ‘War Czar” to report directly to the Commander-in-Cheif and oversee military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Problem is, no one wants the job. Bush has approached three retired four-star generals for the new position, and all three passed on the gig. One of the potential recruits, Marine Gen. John J. “Jack” Sheehan, told…

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend…

We’re not big fans of Dick Cheney. It’s not the whole obsession with secrecy, or the way he’s encouraged his aides to out CIA officers. It’s not the refusal to accept that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda are not the same thing, or his long-standing ties to government contracting juggernaut Halliburton. It’s that damn motorcade and security detail. A few months back WTOP discovered that Cheney’s motorcade — yes, the one that regularly snarls traffic…

MONDAY >> Monday welcomes the Fictionista Book Tour to Washington, D.C., featuring readings from Josie Brown (True Hollywood Lies), Kayla Perrin (Gimme an O!) and Stephanie Lessing (She’s Got Issues). Good gravy! All that chicklit in one place? Does it get any better? Oh, people. It does. The event is taking place at the Hard Rock Café — and that means Aerosmith-themed quesadillas. 999 E. St NW., 7 p.m. TUESDAY >> In her book, Nickel…

WUSA reported last week that Iraqi citizens living on the East Coast will have a chance to register and vote in their motherland’s elections (taking place at the end of this week) at the Ramada Inn in New Carrollton. To register, prospective voters must prove Iraqi citizenship and show that they were born before Dec. 31, 1986. At first, the suburban location of the center seems slightly illogical; however, the hotel’s proximity to New Carrollton’s…

Jerrold Post, the former director of the CIA’s Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, will be at Politics and Prose Saturday evening to discuss his new book, “Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World.” In the book, which has profiles of leaders from Saddam Hussein to Bill Clinton, Post argues that the psychological profile of a nation’s leader can tie together domestic politics and international affairs. While Post’s book has been…