I mentioned a few weeks ago that the Bush administration is working to undo federal regulations that would force power plants to sharply reduce mercury emissions and other toxic pollutants. The Washington Post had an interesting item today (unfortunately buried on page A17) explaining some of the behind-the-scenes work that led to the move. To […]
I usually don’t pick on a journalist like this, unless it’s Fox News, but this one’s so sloppy, I can’t help myself. Helen Kennedy had an item in Sunday’s New York Daily News speculating about potential running mates for Howard Dean, should he get the Dem nomination. The problem was one of these possibilities is […]
I noticed, via Hesiod, a disturbing story about U.S. incomes and poverty rates going in the wrong direction under Bush’s leadership. It’s not a pretty picture. In fact, as the LA Times’ Peter Gosselin noted late last week, everything’s going in the wrong direction. The annual income of middle-class Americans fell by almost $500 last […]
Howard Dean’s campaign has produced a very compelling “Bill of Rights for a New Generation of Americans,” with a number of key government priorities, including the “right to a quality education,” the “right to patriotic dissent,” and the “right to leadership which seeks to form a more perfect union — and does not divide its […]
Every time it seems as if we’ve turned a corner in Iraq and that we’ll finally start to see progress in protecting our troops and bringing a level of stability to the country, we learn of discouraging news about the series of attacks U.S. forces are enduring every day. The Washington Post noted yesterday that […]
Friday’s earthquake in Iran is an unimaginable tragedy. When I consider the deaths and destruction, it’s just overwhelming. It’s simply impossible for me to even imagine the pain of those in Bam struggling to cope with the suffering around them. Though it’s little consolation, it is heartening to see so many people and countries from […]
Like every Democratic presidential candidate, Howard Dean has said he’ll support the eventual party nominee, even if it isn’t him. The problem is Dean keeps saying things that lead me to believe he doesn’t really mean it. Campaigning in Iowa yesterday, Dean said his base of supporters may simply sit out the 2004 election and […]
All the cool kids are running year-end Top 10 lists, so I thought I’d join in the fun and write about my 10 favorite political stories of the year. This list is intended to be, shall we say, quirky. If it were a serious list of the most important political events of 2003, it’d be […]
The best political story of the year — White House officials illegally leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent to counter her husband’s political criticism — hasn’t gone away, it’s just stopped making headlines. That is, until today. Kudos to the Washington Post for bringing a much-needed update to the most breathtaking Bush scandal […]
Don’t miss today’s Paul Krugman column in the New York Times. For me, all of his columns are must-reads, but today’s was particularly good. Krugman was, like so many of us, disgusted by the media’s coverage during the 2000 campaign, in which many reporters “journalists deluded themselves and their audience into believing that there weren’t […]