The White House seems to believe it has to start improving the budget picture somehow, and with tax cuts for the wealthy off limits, Bush seems anxious to start slicing Medicaid, which helps offer health care to low-income families. Congressional Dems are anxious to get the federal budget back on the track to fiscal sanity, […]
Shortly before the election, we learned that the College Republican National Committee was, in its best Enron imitiation, cheating grandparents out of their money. The College Republican National Committee has raised $6.3 million this year through an aggressive and misleading fund-raising campaign that collected money from senior citizens who thought they were giving to the […]
Shortly after John Kerry conceded the presidential race, Bush struck the appropriate tone of reconciliation. “So today I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent: To make this nation stronger and better I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do […]
It was an exchange that spoke volumes. A National Guard soldier wanted his Defense Secretary to explain to him why troops in Iraq don’t have the resources they need. Army Spc. Thomas Wilson, for example, of the 278th Regimental Combat Team that is comprised mainly of citizen soldiers of the Tennessee Army National Guard, asked […]
I can tolerate Tim Russert’s proclivity for being tougher with Dems than Republicans. I can swallow hard and watch “ideologically balanced” panels that include Kate O’Beirne, Bob Novak, and William Safire. But inviting Dr. Phil on as the primary guest on Meet the Press is unacceptable by any reasonable standard. I tend to prefer Meet […]
Regular readers probably know that I keep a pretty regular posting schedule — mid-morning to early afternoon. This week, the schedule is being flipped. I’ll still be posting the usual amount of content, but I’ll be taking mornings off and writing in the afternoons, as opposed to the other way around. FYI.
I’m off today, as part of an annual Carpetbagger gathering around the Festivus pole for the airing of the grievances and feats of strength. See you Monday.
Apropos of nothing, I’d like to pass along a terrific, albeit old, op-ed on the dangers of huge budget deficits. You might find the writer of the piece amusing. A link is no longer available, but the op-ed appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Nov. 13, 1995. It insisted, in strong terms, that a […]
The New Republic’s Clay Risen, a native Tennessean, had a great piece this week about a recent trip to Alabama. Risen details his perspective as a “southern expatriate” and notes that the region used to have important liberal leaders whose voices in the South once mattered. They are, alas, literally a dying breed. But with […]
When it comes to the war in Iraq, the Washington Post editorial board has been about as reliable as the Washington Times’ editorial board. Today, however, the Post does a fine job expressing its outrage over the latest round of reports of widespread torture. It’s definitely worth reading. For example, the Post notes the evolution […]