The “culture of corruption” story has had a considerable impact over the last year and a half, but it seems to me, this raises the issue to a higher whole new level. Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings (Just one more quick post before I sign off. A big thanks to the Carpetbagger for giving me this opportunity to blog here today. I’m a long-time fan and daily reader of TCR, and it’s great to be able to write for you all.) This is somewhat startling news […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Should the national anthem only be sung in English? Or is, say, a Spanish version acceptable? That’s what the recent debate over the anthem is really all about. It’s an offshoot of the debate over illegal immigration, but, more to the point, it’s about how America conceives of itself […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Speaking of defiance, Rush Limbaugh still denies that he engaged in what’s known as “doctor-shopping,” or what The New York Times describes as “illegally [obtaining] multiple prescriptions for a drug from more than one doctor”. Still, Limbaugh was charged yesterday with prescription drug fraud and turned himself in to […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Iran continues to defy anyone and everyone with respect to its nuclear program. Only within the last month, Iran has announced, with much nationalist fanfare, that it has succeeded in enriching its own uranium (if only to 3.5 percent, well […]
Guest Post by Morbo This week, I was given a top-secret Republican Party strategy document by a highly placed source who must remain unnamed. This is the GOP plan to get the Bush presidency back on track and help the Republicans sweep November’s elections. As usual, it is bold and visionary. It lays out the […]
Guest Post by Morbo Rabbi [tag]Eric Yoffie[/tag], president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the most [tag]liberal[/tag] branch of Judaism in America, journeyed to Lynchburg, Va., recently to speak at the Rev. [tag]Jerry Falwell[/tag]’s Liberty University. I admire Yoffie’s gumption, and I salute much of what he said. For example, he told the students that […]
I’m afraid I have to take a rare day off away from the computer today, but never fear, I’ve lined up some reinforcements. First, Morbo will be in soon with a couple of entertaining words of wisdom, followed by a few guest posts from The Reaction‘s Michael J.W. Stickings. There will, of course, be a […]
The president hosted a rare Rose Garden press conference this morning with a few interesting exchanges, but this one stood out for me. Q: In talking about gas prices, in 2001, when you did your first energy policy, and gas prices were about $1.50, a lot of people were saying, you know, you have to […]
In part four in my ongoing look at media events gone horribly awry, I give you Speaker Dennis Hastert. (here are parts I, II, and III) With gas prices soaring, this probably seemed like a terrific photo-op. If only [tag]Hastert[/tag] could have stayed away from his [tag]SUV[/tag] for a little longer. The Republican House leadership, […]