Technical Difficulties
My connection is down; it may or may not be up today.
My connection is down; it may or may not be up today.
I’ve mentioned, on probably too many occasions, about the tax cuts pushed by Republicans in Congress and the White House and how they disproportionately benefit the wealthy. As you know, I consider it wrong to pass massive cuts in a time of record-high deficits, especially when the overwhelming majority of the money will go to […]
An email fundraising letter went out yesterday from Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, letting his supporters know that “every contribution makes a difference in our effort to take back our country.” As part of the letter’s case that Dean is a popular candidate on the brink of national success, the appeal said, “We are tied for […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was writing about Bill Clinton’s desire to see changes made to the 22nd Amendment, which limits presidents to two terms. At the same time, I noted that Al Franken, among others, has floated a silly scheme whereby someone picks Clinton to be their vice-presidential running mate, then promptly after […]
Yesterday I noted that former Gov. Frank Keating, a devout Catholic asked to head a review board on the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal, was forced from his post for comparing the church to the mafia. Today, however, Marci Hamilton, a well-respected legal scholar at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, takes Keating’s […]
The Environmental Protection Agency was all set to publish a detailed report on the current state of the environment. The document was written to provide a comprehensive look at the status of various environmental problems and what can be done to address them. All the EPA had to do was get the White House’s approval […]
Republicans never got behind Bill Clinton’s AmeriCorps project, for reasons that have always eluded me. Clinton made the program an integral part of his ’92 campaign and envisioned a program that mirrored a domestic Peace Corps, with young people working in communities in exchange for assistance in education costs. When Bush was elected, many conservatives […]
In a national poll of Democrats nationwide two weeks ago, Howard Dean was favored by 5% of survey respondents, while Bob Graham enjoyed the support of 4%. Dean sees these numbers and apparently draws an important conclusion: Dean is a “top-tier” candidate and Graham isn’t. At a business leaders luncheon in New Hampshire yesterday, Dean […]
There’s no reason to rehash the gruesome details of the sex scandal that has rocked Roman Catholicism in the U.S. over the last couple of years. Suffice it to say, it is among the darkest hours for a church that has had many shameful ordeals in its past. In the immediate wake of the scandals, […]
It’s no secret that White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer comes from a Democratic family. I guess I just didn’t realize how Democratic. Yesterday, the Stamford Advocate gave us this gem from Alan Fleischer, Ari’s father: “I guess if Ari had to rebel, being a Republican is better than being on drugs, but not by […]