Of all of the partisan attack dogs from the Swiftboat smear of 2004, few were as thoroughly discredited as Jerome Corsi. The man was not only caught lying about John Kerry’s heroic military service, Corsi was also exposed as a bigot, having condemned Islam and Roman Catholicism, among others. As Corsi once put it, “boy […]
Well, this certainly explains a lot. For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protected in the fight against terrorism. […]
One of the more frustrating aspects to the Bush White House’s scandals is that, in almost every instance, they were warned about the very problem they were about to face. True to form, the Bush gang was convinced they knew better — dissent from the official line simply helped identify those who were insufficiently loyal. […]
Over the weekend, it seemed Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) had finally shown some independent thinking and was ready to exert some oversight on the Bush administration. After years of carrying water for the White House, Roberts’ change of heart on the president’s warrantless-search program was welcome and encouraging. It almost lasted a […]
Early last week, Media Matters published a terrific and well-researched report on the ideological slant that dominates the Sunday morning news/talk shows. The results helped highlight what many of us have noticed for years: “Republicans and conservatives have been offered more opportunities to appear on the Sunday shows – in some cases, dramatically so.” With […]