I find that, these days, my expectations concerning the Associated Press have sunk to an all time low. A few bylines I skip altogether, since I know that the story will be a disjointed regurgitation of a White House talking points memo – presumably thrown together in the hopes that a job will be offered […]
Posted by PWalker Not very long ago, there was a lot of talk about how sales of conservative books proved that liberalism was dead. Of course, that was before the wildly successful books by Bill and Hillary Clinton. I don’t know how many times I heard Ann Coulter say something like this: The American people […]
Posted by PWalker I just started reading Pat Buchanan’s new book, Where the Right Went Wrong. His basic point is that Republicans have abandoned conservative priniciples and become a big-government party. Historically, Republicans have been the party of the conservative virtues – of balanced budgets, of a healthy skepticism toward foreign wars, of a commitment […]
Posted by Fitz I do not mean to complain, but I have heard variations on the same basic mantras countless times from Democrats and fellow travelers over the last four weeks. I understand that people are angry and upset. I also understand that it can seem bewildering – gay bashing and prohibition laws concerning reproductive […]
Posted by Nili Tom Ridge is leaving his post at the top of the Department of Homeland Security. There is much more to say about this, but I only have time for a quick post. So, first, we should all be reminded that Bush opposed the creation of the department – you might say he […]
Posted by Nili Warning: Tirade ahead. CNN is reporting that an umbrella group of the usual human rights organizations is calling for scrutiny of Alberto Gonzales, the man who would be Attorney General. So far so good. “But the coalition of more than two dozen groups — including the NAACP, ACLU and Amnesty International — […]
Posted by PWalker There was a lot of talk yesterday about the issue of medical marijuana being decided by the Supreme Court. On CNN last night, bestselling author, Dr. Andrew Weil weighed in on the medical evidence: BROWN: In and of itself, do you believe marijuana is an especially harmful drug? WEIL: No. In purely […]
Posted by Nili Believe it or not Nili is a big fan of math. Not that I sit around the house working out quadratic equations or playing around with polynomials, but I am the rare person who sees that in fact a lot of what we learned in high school does have everyday applications. It […]
Posted by Morbo Morbo has enjoyed stepping in for Carpetbagger today. I’d like to finish with one last post, admittedly off topic. Has anyone else noticed how dangerous handymen are? Nearly every day you can go on Nexis and find stories like this Nov. 23 AP dispatch from Nevada:
Posted by Morbo Maryland is a perfectly nice blue state cursed with a Republican governor. Like Maryland governors of the past, the current occupant of that office, Robert Ehrlich, appears to be slowly going insane. Ehrlich, who apparently thinks he is King George III of Great Britain, has ordered his press secretary to stop communicating […]