Though it probably won’t make the front pages of any newspaper, and it won’t get mentioned on any of the nightly newscasts, the House of Representatives’ vote on the United Nations Population Fund yesterday will have a devastating impact on the lives of families around the world. A narrow 216 to 211 vote blocked $50 […]
I know I’m a day late on this, but it’s still worth talking about. As you may have heard, our friend Pat Robertson — televangelist, political activist, and war criminal business partner — began a “21-day prayer offensive” this week, asking God to remove three Supreme Court justices so Bush can appoint fresh right-wingers to […]
The fact that the budget deficit has reached $455 billion appears to be generating quite a bit of attention in the national media, which is certainly a good thing. The public needs to realize that their government is running up quite a bill — and that all of us will be paying the costs for […]
Let’s skip right to the chase: Bush’s lies about Niger-gate are not only getting more common, they’re getting more outrageous. Yesterday, Bush told reporters some of the most demonstrably false claims yet about Iraq, Niger-gate, and what he knew about the veracity of his own remarks in the State of the Union. First, Bush claimed […]
I don’t know if any of you enjoy the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as much as I do, but just in case, I thought I’d mention that Stewart was on PBS’ “Now with Bill Moyers” last week. PBS was kind enough to post the transcript for those of us who missed it. Moyers said, […]
A couple of weeks ago, I noted that a new campaign theme was emerging, pushed initially by John Edwards: Bush is actually raising your taxes. The idea is that Bush cuts taxes dramatically at the federal level, but services are left largely in tact at the state and local level. Naturally, municipalities have to raise […]
With all the news about Bush’s failing policies in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s easy to overlook the fact there’s a madman with nuclear weapons in North Korea. The White House, for example, seems to have forgotten about Kim Jung Il altogether. Former Defense Secretary William Perry was unusually blunt with the Washington Post yesterday, telling […]
Well, we knew this was coming. Jerry Springer officially filed papers yesterday to run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. This is not, as far as I’m concerned, good news. The former Cincinnati mayor will face State Sen. Eric Fingerhut in the Democratic primary. The winner of that race will lose, I mean, take on […]
I’ve got good news and bad news when it comes to our federal budget deficit. The good news is the Bush administration’s forecast from earlier this year for a record-high deficit has been revised and it turns out they were wrong. The bad news is the deficit is much worse than predicted five months ago. […]
With one of the worst employment markets in decades, it’s no surprise that many teenagers looking for summer jobs aren’t find a lot of “help wanted” signs at the mall. While this may not seem like a big deal, an interesting article in the New York Times today — brought to my attention by Carpetbagger […]