Minor delay
Sorry the posting schedule is off this morning; I’ve been dealing with a dental “issue.” I’ll be back very shortly with plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure.
Sorry the posting schedule is off this morning; I’ve been dealing with a dental “issue.” I’ll be back very shortly with plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure.
Last week, in his prime-time televised press conference, President Bush took a firm stand regarding matters of faith: “I view religion as a personal matter.” This week, Bush took the opposite stand, insisting that religion is a governmental matter. Some may not be aware of it, but today is the official, 53rd annual National Day […]
(Editor’s Note: The Carpetbagger Report, as regular readers know, has joined the Coalition for Darfur, a bi-partisan online initiative created to raise awareness and resources to address the crisis. This is the ninth in a series of posts from the Coalition.) The United States has played a leading role in attempts to deal with the […]
I just finished reading Joshua Green’s piece in the Atlantic Monthly on the Dems to two top leaders in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. I like Green, but I’m not sure if the article made any sense. The crux of the piece is that Dems are in a […]
Now that Tom DeLay’s travel arrangements have come under intense scrutiny, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are digging through their report filings and noticing a few “clerical errors” — some which happen to be tied to Jack Abramoff. Lobbyist Jack Abramoff paid at least a portion of the expenses for two Democratic members […]
Yesterday, I noted that Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have introduced the Truth in Broadcasting Act, which would require “prepackaged news stories” produced by the administration contain disclose the source of the material forever more. And while we wait for the legislation to work its way through the Senate Commerce Committee, you’ll […]
I’ve often wondered what presidential candidates, who have no day job, do for four years. One can’t just go around campaigning for a race that doesn’t exist (I guess they could, but voters wouldn’t respond very well). When it comes to 2008, most of the likely Dem aspirants are plenty busy attending to their professional […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Now that Richard Morrison, Tom DeLay’s 2004 opponent, has withdrawn from consideration in 2006, a new name is in the mix among Dems who want to take on the flailing Majority Leader: […]
In the mid-90s, Newt Gingrich used to tussle with Dems over whether GOP plans to scale back spending on health care and education amounted to “cuts” or whether he was simply “slowing the rate of growth.” It was a silly debate — when the government spends less than it promises on a program, it’s cutting […]
Last week, I noted that the system religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy had grown so serious that every non-Christian cadet was effectively treated as a second-class citizen. My friends at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which produced a devastating report on the academy’s tolerance for harassment, had threatened to sue […]