About a week ago, the Washington Post ran a report noting that Karl Rove was illegally taking a homestead deduction and property tax cap on his home in DC, and owed the city back taxes. It hardly seemed worth mentioning — not only was there more important news to consider, this apparent clerical error would […]
There have been any number of excellent articles published in recent days offering detailed step-by-stop reports on how the government responded to Hurricane Katrina. I’m partial to Evan Thomas’ piece in Newsweek, however, because it touches on the underlying problem that affects everything the White House does: Bush’s bubble. When did the president realize the […]
The awkwardly-named “America Supports You Freedom Walk” went off yesterday largely as expected. Participants were “screened” by the Pentagon, over-the-top and cynical props were used (organizers distributed military-style dog tags to marchers), and “extraordinary measures” were in place to control participation. In all, the media reported that an unspecified “thousands” of participants took part in […]