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: * Not only is [tag]Katherine Harris[/tag] (R) struggling badly in her Senate campaign in Florida, but she’s also having trouble breaking through with Republicans. In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Harris trailed Sen. [tag]Bill […]
The [tag]New York Times[/tag] ran a front-page item today on a “deepening if impersonal relationship” between [tag]George W. Bush[/tag] and [tag]John McCain[/tag], who, the article suggests, have come to rely on one another for very different reasons. Given their history of intense rivalry and sometimes personally bitter combat, their newfound partnership is seen by some […]
Accusations about plagiarism have dogged Ann Coulter for weeks, but now it’s far more serious for the syndicated anti-American columnist and author. Well, Ann Coulter may be “liberal” in one respect, anyway. The New York Post reported Sunday that author/columnist Coulter “cribbed liberally in her latest book” and also in several of her syndicated columns, […]
Jonathan Weiler raised a great point about the [tag]media[/tag] after seeing “[tag]An Inconvenient Truth[/tag].” Gore noted that in an exhaustive study of almost every piece of research published on global warming in scientific journals, a sample of 928 articles was examined. Every single one of those 928 studies concluded that global warming was happening and […]
You may have heard that recently-adopted policies are going to make it harder for [tag]students[/tag] with [tag]college loans[/tag]. Apparently, over the weekend, it became official. Students across the nation will have to pay thousands more in college loans beginning Saturday, according to a series of reports released [Friday] by the research arm of the Campaign […]
When you’re dealing with a powder-keg like the far-right activists who make up much of the GOP base, you’re never quite sure what kind of match will set off an explosion. This harmless NYT story, for example, which ran in the Travel section, seemed like an easily forgettable article. Just an hour and a half […]
A few items of note: * The 4th of July, obviously, is tomorrow, which may have a discernable effect on my posting schedule. I still plan to keep a fairly normal schedule today, but tomorrow might be a little slower — because of one of the year’s slowest news days. One thing to look forward […]
We had a fruitful discussion the other day about Sen. Barack Obama’s speech to “Call to Renewal,” but considering that some, including the WaPo’s E. J. Dionne Jr., believe Obama’s remarks “may be the most important pronouncement by a Democrat on faith and politics since John F. Kennedy’s Houston speech in 1960 declaring his independence […]
After the incidents at Haditha, Ishaqi, Hamandiya, and Samarra, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians. That was before this. The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that American soldiers raped and killed a woman and killed three of her […]
Here’s a gem (via Crowley) from Bush’s White House media event this week with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi. “I’ve reminded the Prime Minister — the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America [sic] would have a close relationship.” Well, no, […]