In the wake of Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement announcement, and the political world gearing up for its first confirmation process in 11 years, the Supreme Court, its balance, and its ability to shape national policy is once again on the minds of many. With this in mind… This week’s topic: Your favorite Supreme Court ruling […]
Guest Post by Morbo It’s time to stop all of this foolishness about “consultation” over the next Supreme Court justice. Let’s be sensible, grown-up progressives and live in the real world: With so much at stake, there is no way Bush and his gang are seriously going to consider any moderate judges put forth by […]
Guest Post by Morbo In 1857, an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel began experimenting with pea plants in the garden of his monastery. Mendel’s experiments, conducted over the course of several years, laid much of the groundwork for modern genetics. Flash forward to 2005. Instead of emulating Mendel and celebrating the ability of the human […]
Guest Post by Morbo Two weeks ago, I mentioned Thomas Jefferson’s 1878 1787 letter to his nephew Peter Carr. Jefferson wrote the missive from Paris, offering his nephew advice on how a young man who aspired to live a cultured life ought to get started in the world. Any politician who dared to write a […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’m back from Paris and want to spend a few minutes offering some thoughts about that fine city. I was there on business but had time for sightseeing. This was my second trip to the City of Lights. I don’t pretend to be an expert, but here are a few pointers […]
We learned in May that the White House, two months before there was even a vacancy on the Supreme Court, contacted the Christian Legal Society to see who the far right would like to see on the highest court in the land. But now that there’s an actual vacancy, and the Bush gang is putting […]
After getting knocked around by an angry White House press corps on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the White House and Scott McClellan scheduled no press briefings yesterday. And then announced there’d be no press briefings today. After checking the transcripts, I found that this is the first time McClellan has cancelled briefings on consecutive, non-holiday […]
I have no idea whether voters are really concerned about lobbying abuses and the corruption of K Street by the GOP machine, but I think Dems are on the right track when they position themselves as the “party of reform” and unveil initiatives like this one. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) will introduce a bill today […]
Earlier in the week, we saw an NBC/WSJ poll that showed Bush’s support dropping, particularly the percentage of Americans who believe Bush is “honest and straightforward” falling to 41%. The poll was taken, however, shortly before Karl Rove’s “difficulties” burst onto the front page. The new AP-Ipsos poll was conducted entirely this week, and 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: * Despite saying he would “absolutely” seek re-election, Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) announced yesterday that he will step down next year as the FBI continues to investigate the lawmaker’s ties to a […]