Bush’s Medicare scheme has quickly become the biggest domestic debacle of his presidency. There’s the illegal bribe offers to lawmakers, the illegal silencing of administration officials, and the probably illegal refusals to share relevant cost information with Congress. And now the Center for American Progress has discovered more bad news. In a report published today, […]
It didn’t generate a lot of headlines last week, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a discouraging report about the future of job growth in the U.S. [T]he jobs that will be most in demand in the coming years require specific skills that aren’t necessarily tied to a bachelor’s degree, according to the U.S. […]
Ralph Nader is still struggling to qualify for state ballots as an independent presidential candidate, but Oliver at The Liquid List noticed one Nader coordinator who is too clever by half. While most signature-gatherers have been hitting vegan restaurants and bookstore cafes, Jim Polk is turning the approach on its ear. Nader’s Virginia campaign coordinator, […]
The controversy surrounding Sen. James Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) breathtakingly dumb comments last month about the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal continues to reverberate. In case you’ve forgotten, Inhofe shocked a Senate Armed Services committee hearing three weeks ago by attacking human rights watchers, Democrats, Rumsfeld critics, and everyone else who believes the Abu Ghraib scandal is a […]
It’s not generating national attention, but there are a few interesting congressional races today that will help set the stage for the rest of the year. The biggest race is in South Dakota. A special election will decide who holds the state’s lone House seat after former Rep. Bill Janklow (R) had to resign after […]
The other blockbuster of the weekend was a Time magazine scoop regarding a certain VP and his former oil company. Cheney’s relationship with Halliburton has been nothing but trouble since he left the company in 2000. Both he and the company say they have no ongoing connections. But Time has obtained an internal Pentagon e-mail […]
Slate’s Avi Zenilman noted the other day that legendary Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee once lamented, “Even the very best newspapers have never learned how to handle public figures who lie with a straight face.” Fortunately, the Post came very close to figuring it out in a front-page stunner yesterday. Dana Milbank and Jim VandeHei […]
Off for Memorial Day. See you tomorrow.