This week, the AP’s John Solomon decided that he wanted to tarnish Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. One story, followed by another, and then a third, tried to characterize a non-story as an ethical scandal from a man who not only has great integrity, but who hadn’t done anything wrong. It reached a point in […]
Well, was it? There are, to be sure, several major blogs that follow rigged voting machines and purged voter rolls much closer than I do, but the issue is of particular significance this week because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a thorough report for Rolling Stone in which he makes the case that Republicans […]
According a front-page piece in the WaPo today, the [tag]president[/tag] who famously equates disagreement with disloyalty is suddenly open to subtle forms of [tag]dissent[/tag]. A White House long accused of squelching internal dissent and ignoring outside viewpoints has been reaching out in its moment of weakness to prominent figures who have disagreed with the president. […]
Just to follow up on an item from yesterday, I suggested that the [tag]religious right[/tag] would not be terribly impressed with the president speaking out in support of the so-called [tag]Federal Marriage Amendment[/tag] at the last minute. Given the reactions yesterday from some leading activists, I think I understated the case. “I’m going to go […]
After a series of alleged attacks against [tag]Iraq[/tag]i [tag]civilian[/tag]s by U.S. forces, Iraqi [tag]Prime Minister[/tag] Nuri Kamal [tag]al-Maliki[/tag] lashed out at the American military. The New York Times quoted al-Maliki as saying habitual attacks had become a “[tag]daily[/tag] phenomenon” by many troops in the American-led coalition who “do not respect the Iraqi people.” “They crush […]
Once in a while, it’s important to remind far-right religious conservatives that being “pro-family” does not mean you can have two of them. Republican [tag]Jim Galley[/tag], who is running for Congress as a “pro-traditional family” candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused […]
First up from the God machine this week is a terrific story, by way of John Cole, about an Alabama woman who had an unusual spiritual experience. Worried about the safety of her family during a stormy Memorial Day trip to the beach, Clara Jean Brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe […]
If you have email, then you’ve no doubt seen the spam from some foreign dignitary who needs your help getting some money out of his country. He’ll share it with you, just so long as you “help” with some upfront costs. It’s a transparent con, which we’ve all received far too often, and which we […]
Guest Post by Morbo [tag]Focus on the Family[/tag]’s newest ad promoting the [tag]Federal Marriage Amendment[/tag] is just out. It shows a freckle-faced tyke with a distraught look on his mug. The caption reads, “[tag]Every Child Needs a Mother and a Father[/tag].” (Similar ads targeting specific senators by name are being placed in newspaper nationwide.) Actually, […]
The NYT’s Adam Nagourney takes an interesting look today at an issue that’s likely to play as big an issue in the [tag]2008[/tag] presidential race as it did in [tag]2004[/tag], if not more so. With [tag]Iraq[/tag] looming yet again over an American presidential campaign, senators considering a White House race are at a disadvantage over […]