Last week, when the James Guckert story reached national exposure, Scott McClellan was hit with a series of questions about why Guckert was given the opportunity to “play reporter” in the White House. McClellan, true to form, passed the buck, said it wasn’t his job to manage access to the briefing room, and offered reporters […]
Following pundit payola has become quite the cottage industry of late, from Armstrong Williams, to Maggie Gallagher, to Michael McManus, to word from Howard Kurtz today that Eric Wesson, a columnist for an African American newspaper in Kansas City, got paid by a Dem House candidate. I have my own submission to the list. Bill […]
I was naive enough to believe that massive deficits created by massive tax cuts would make it impossible for any serious person to ever argue again that tax cuts can pay for themselves. Alas, the Bush’s budget director is not a serious person. Bush advisers argue that he is tackling problems long ducked by other […]
Updates with regards to the Plame Game scandal are far and few between — yes, you never hear about it, but the Bush White House is still under a criminal investigation — but it was encouraging to learn that Alberto Gonzales will not be involved with the investigation. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has stepped […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one… A test of the national missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile did not launch from its island base in the Pacific Ocean, the military said. It was the second failure in months for the experimental program. A statement from the Missile Defense Agency said the […]
I realize the current occupant of the Oval Office would rather marry Karl Rove on the steps of San Francisco’s city hall than reverse course on his beloved tax cuts, but I have found another high profile conservative who has said — in public and on the record, no less — that maybe Bush’s tax […]
Every family has complex relationships and internal conflicts that can cause hard feelings. But I can only imagine what it’s like when Alan Keyes’ family gathers for the holidays. Maya Keyes loves her father and mother. She put off college and moved from the family home in Darnestown to Chicago to be with her dad […]
To hear Republican leaders tell it, they are the nation’s true guardian of future generations — and this time, we’re not talking about abortion. Just over the weekend, for example, Bush insisted that the nation has “an obligation and a duty to confront problems and not pass them on to future generations.” Similarly, Senate Majority […]
There have been two completely opposite reactions to Harry Reid’s complaints about the RNC’s coordinated, 13-page “Reid all about it” smear. Some believe it’s great to see Reid stick up for himself against unfair attacks, while others suggest Reid sounds like he’s whining about a pretty typical GOP assault. Oddly enough, the latter seems to […]
Here’s a story in which the headline and lede only tell a small part of a bigger controversy. The New York Times reported over the weekend that Wal-Mart had agreed to pay a fine in a series of child-labor law violations. Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest retailer, has agreed to pay $135,540 to settle federal […]