This morning, we noted that Christian Life and Liberty.net sent out an email alert to its base, explaining their belief that Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans in part because Louisiana has 10 abortion clinics. As the group explained, the hurricane looks like a fetus, which is “proof” that God is sending us a “message.” Now, […]
Following up on Monday’s post on the FDA once again kowtowing to the far right on Plan B emergency contraceptives, it appears not everyone at the agency was fond of the decision. The top Food and Drug Administration official in charge of women’s health issues resigned today in protest against the agency’s decision last week […]
Yesterday, while the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was still coming to light, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto invited on an economic professor in Orlando named Jack Chambless to discuss aid to the Gulf Coast. Actually, to be more specific, the discussion was on whether the government should provide aid to the region at all. (Thanks for […]
The New York Times had a piece today on the latest survey by the fine folks at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. This time the topic was the teaching on modern science. The news wasn’t good. The good news, if you […]
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll offers more of the same data we’ve been seeing — surprise, surprise, Bush is still slipping badly in popularity — but there was one interesting tidbit of information for Dems worried about how forceful they should be in voicing concerns about the war in Iraq. The survey also provided […]
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: * Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) has obviously not ruled out a presidential campaign in 2008, telling an audience of business executives yesterday, “I won’t decide until next year. I can’t […]
I’m glad the president is cutting his five-week vacation short by two days to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. It’s only the second time Bush has cut a trip short — the first was to sign the Terri Schiavo bill — but even if it’s just for symbolic significance, I think appearances alone […]
I know this will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but the Bush gang wants to make it easier for power plants to pollute more. The Bush administration has drafted regulations that would ease pollution controls on older, dirtier power plants and could allow those that modernize to emit more pollution, rather than […]
For years, every time the left would say the war in Iraq is really about oil, the right would scoff and reject the argument out of hand. And yet, there was Bush yesterday, laying out a new argument for the importance of the war: we have to look out for all that oil. President Bush […]
Fox News’ John Gibson may or may not have been kidding, but his comment while guest hosting Bill O’Reilly’s radio show the other day says a great deal about how the far right looks at dissent and the rights of those in uniform to share their concerns. Here’s what Gibson said: “Anyway, ‘Get used to […]