First up from The God Machine this week is the latest proclamation from the Bush White House, which apparently would like us to pray this weekend. During this year’s National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, we honor the thousands of victims who died in the brutal and ruthless attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania, and […]
Guest Post by Morbo Here’s the kind of story I love: A Maryland man who practices Wicca has won nearly $50 million in a multi-state lottery game — and he credits intervention by Pagan deities. Ellwood Bartlett is an accountant who teaches classes on Wicca on the side. He told The Washington Post he asked […]
Guest Post by Morbo Loudoun County, Va., is an outer suburb of Washington, D.C., with an attitude problem. Every few years, some folks in the county get all worked up about some right-wing bugbear. Back in the 1990s, they were up in arms over gay-related materials in the libraries and temporarily fell under the sway […]
Earlier this week, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said it’s not too late for Fred Thompson to compete for the GOP nomination, but to make up for lost time, the former senator must demonstrate “a command over policy issues.” Fleischer added, “He’s got to knock the policy questions out of the park.” So […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * For the first time in four years, the U.S. economy lost jobs last month: “The job numbers for August were released this morning, and they show that the economy actually lost 4,000 jobs last month. It’s the first time in four years that the economy has actually lost jobs […]
The release of the latest video notwithstanding, I am a little confused about the Republicans’ attitude when it comes to Osama bin Laden. Take Fred Thompson’s reaction to today’s news, for example. (via the DNC) “Bin Laden is more symbolism than anything else,” he said. “I think it demonstrates to people once again that we’re […]
A couple of weeks ago, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) traveled to Baghdad and received a briefing from Gen. David Petraeus, in which he acknowledged his belief that in order to “win” in Iraq, U.S. forces would have to stay in the country for “nine or 10 years.” This was hardly reassuring. Indeed, for every pundit […]
Osama bin Laden hasn’t had much to say in a while, but the terrorist has released a new video that, given the content, appears to have been made sometime since May. OBL seems to have quite a bit to say about domestic affairs in the U.S. He says President Bush’s words echo “neoconservatives like Cheney, […]
Media Matters reported this afternoon that David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network will be offering insights and analysis on Sunday, marking the third time in as many months that Brody will be seated in one of the venerated chairs of the nation’s most-watched Sunday morning show. Now, I occasionally check in on Brody’s blog, […]
I suppose it would be blogging malpractice if I let Paul Krugman’s latest gem go by without mentioning it. Here’s what will definitely happen when Gen. David Petraeus testifies before Congress next week: he’ll assert that the surge has reduced violence in Iraq — as long as you don’t count Sunnis killed by Sunnis, Shiites […]