You might be surprised to learn that the number of sexual predators in Kansas has grown dramatically recently. It’s not some freakish criminal trend, but rather, a new state official who’s responsible for evaluating who gets labeled a predator. Meet Rex Rosenberg. Psychologist Rex Rosenberg believes in demons. He believes its possible to measure demonic […]
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: * Hoping to create a little more distance between himself and Republican Doug Forrester in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, Sen. Sen. Jon Corzine (D) hit the campaign trail yesterday with the Big Dog, […]
Yesterday, there was one House Republican returning Tom DeLay’s campaign money; today there are two. At least two Republicans in the House of Representatives say they will return money to Rep. Tom DeLay’s political action committee now that the former majority leader has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to violate Texas campaign fundraising laws. Reps. […]
You’ll be pleased to know Congress has so much free time on its hands that it could take time from its schedule yesterday to debate and vote on a resolution praising the post-1954 Pledge of Allegiance. The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution sponsored by a local congressman supporting the words “under God” […]
I’ve never been entirely clear on why Karen Hughes was tapped to be the Bush the administration’s undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. Granted, Hughes is not without talents — she was a capable local journalist, she’s not a bad writer, and she has an uncanny ability to keep the president focused […]
It’s the end of a long week, so how about a little Friday diversion from the usual political news? I wouldn’t say I watch a lot of television, but I tend to enjoy a handful of writers whose work really stands out. I tend to love just about every word Matt Groening and Aaron Sorkin […]
Speaking of the Plame scandal, when all is said and done here, I think there are a limited handful of news outlets — starting with Time magazine — that are going to have to explain why they helped keep information from the public. Dan Kennedy had a good item this week (via Froomkin) about Newsweek’s […]
Remember all the heartfelt remarks about Judith Miller principled refusal to cooperate with Patrick Fitzgerald’s Plame investigation? About how Miller was taking the honorable path, choosing incarceration in order to protect a source? Well, all of that’s over now. New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail late yesterday and is scheduled to […]
Ed Kilgore raised a good point yesterday about the importance of considering Tom DeLay’s indictment in a broader context. “Tempting as it is to dwell on the possibility that this self-appointed moral arbiter of the nation could soon be strolling the halls not of Congress but of a Texas correctional facility, we urge Democrats to […]
The investigation into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s unusually-timed investment strategy has become slightly more serious. The Securities and Exchange Commission upgraded its probe of stock sales made by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to a formal investigation, giving the agency subpoena power and the ability to review phone records and other documents, according to […]