The most comprehensive study ever done on adolescent health and sexuality was completed this year. Subsidized by 17 separate agencies of the federal government — to the tune of $45 million — investigators interviewed more than 20,000 young people. What did researchers learn? That abstinence only and “virginity pledges” don’t work. “Sex education doesn’t cause […]
Rep. Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham (R-Calif.) isn’t the only powerful Republican lawmaker on the Hill to have some dubious business deals of late. There’s also Alaska’s Sen. Ted Stevens (R). Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) made $822,000 last year from the sale of a controversial real estate investment with an Anchorage developer who had obtained a huge […]
Yesterday, I noted that Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) has a bit of a problem on his hands. In 2003, he sold his house to a military contractor with business before his committee for an inflated price, ultimately leading to a $700,000 gift for the lawmaker. Shortly thereafter, Cunningham helped direct tens of millions of […]
So much for wanting to spend more time with his family. Last week we learned that Philip Cooney, a former lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute but hired to be chief of staff of the president’s Council on Environmental Quality, was asked to re-write a government report on global warming, editing out scientific conclusions he […]
A Minnesota reader emailed me recently to note that the president will soon be in his area for one of Bush’s carefully-scripted events. The White House confirmed on Friday that President Bush will visit Maple Grove next week to talk about senior health and Medicare. Bush will travel next Friday to the Maple Grove Community […]
I noted earlier that the Senate vote last night formally apologized for the body’s failures to stand against the lynching of thousands of African Americans, but the measure (S.RES.39) passed with 80 co-sponsors, instead of 100. This prompted questions about who, exactly, the other 20 are. According to Kos and C&L, these are the senators: […]
The Boston Globe had an interesting item today on former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, the theocrat who was removed from the bench for refusing to abide by a federal court order (Moore believes he can pick and choose which court orders to ignore and which to follow because federal law, as he […]
I know I’m just tilting at windmills here, but I continue to be somewhat amazed that Thomas Griffith’s judicial nomination was not a bigger deal. Today, he was confirmed rather easily. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed one of its former lawyers, Thomas S. Griffith, to sit on the U.S. Appeals Court, the sixth judge it […]
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: * Remember last week, when a Dem poll showed former Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.) giving Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) a serious fight next year? Lugar has responded with a new poll of his […]
It’s been a whole month since we last checked in with our friends in the Denver Three — who, you’ll recall, were forced from a presidential event because of an anti-war bumper sticker — but the controversy continues unabated. (If you’re new to the story and want to catch up on the details, type “Denver” […]