I noticed that public high schools in Georgia will be offering an interesting new elective next year: objective study of the Bible. A bill that allows public high schools to offer classes on the Bible sped through the Georgia House Monday, passing overwhelmingly with no debate. The legislation, which passed 151-7, would allow high schools […]
I’m a little behind on this one, but Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) appears to be well on track to be Congress’ next Duke Cunningham. Josh Marshall has been on covering this for the past several days, and with good cause; it’s quite a story. A week before former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham was sentenced to […]
In January, Bush spoke at Kansas State University and was asked by a student about cuts to federal student loans. The president answered the question incorrectly, and said there hadn’t been any cuts, but he assured the student, “I think I’m right on this. I’ll check when I get back to Washington.” Bush apparently didn’t […]
The truly-absurd Whitewater investigation finally came to an official end yesterday. The seven-year, $70 million Whitewater investigation that toppled an Arkansas governor and dogged Bill Clinton for most of his presidency officially drew to a close Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the last remaining appeal. Former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker had […]
The president’s speech yesterday at the City Club of Cleveland was only mildly newsworthy. Most of the speech focused on military successes at Tall Afar, which in reality, aren’t nearly as encouraging as the president let on. But the important part of yesterday’s remarks came after the speech, when the president invited questions from an […]
We’ve all heard, of course, about the Bush administration’s warrantless-search program that included officials tapping phones and reviewing electronic communications without warrants. Moving the ball forward in a disturbing way, U.S. News published a very important story this week about an angle to warrantless searches that we hadn’t heard before: physical searches. In the dark […]
Retired Army Major General Paul D. Eaton may not have a household name, but as the military official in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004, he has an important perspective on the war and the Bush administration. And at this point, Eaton’s not impressed. In a New York Times op-ed, for […]
According to the most recent SurveyUSA poll, Bush’s approval rating in Ohio is a pitiful 34%. This from a state that backed Bush’s presidential campaigns, twice. So, when Bush visited Cleveland this morning to share his bizarre optimistic perspective on the war in Iraq, which of the state’s major GOP players were anxious to be […]
Because most political observers, including me, are far too impatient to wait until November for elections, they look for “signs” of what’s to come. Developments that may or may not have any bearing become key indicators. Which side has more retirements? Which national party raised more money? Who won the off-year races? My friend Hans […]
Following up on last week’s ARG poll that showed surprisingly strong support for Bush being censured, Newsweek conducted a similar poll gauging the public’s attitudes on the issue. The outright anger against Bush felt by many Americans was reflected in responses to questions about the effort of Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin to censure […]