With the presidential campaign in full swing, we’re in a heightened political environment. Everything is perceived as having political implications. Political observers are viewing every event through political lenses. I get that. But it’s hopefully not unreasonable to wonder if there are still any limits. At 6:38pm eastern, just minutes after Leeland “Lee” Eisenberg was […]
So, after a very tough week, are things getting better or worse for everyone’s least-favorite scandal-plagued presidential candidate? Take a wild guess. In the fall of 2001, city cops chauffeured Rudy Giuliani’s then-mistress, Judith Nathan, to her parents’ Pennsylvania home 130 miles away on the taxpayers’ dime. Records show that city cops refueled at an […]
First up from the God Machine this week is an unfortunate fundamentalist Christian twist to a conspiracy theory touted by anti-immigration forces. There’s a major highway, Interstate 35, that stretches from Texas to Minnesota, which , the John Birch Society, Lou Dobbs, Ron Paul, and Tom Tancredo believe is some kind of “NAFTA Superhighway” that […]
Guest Post by Morbo Like noxious bugs swarming over a crumbling tenement, followers of Ron Paul have invaded the blogosphere. Their target is anyone who dares to criticize their hero. Bloggers have dealt with them in various ways. Some have tried banning them outright. Others allow readers to engage them in back-and-forth debates that can […]
Guest Post by Morbo Here’s how much officials at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) hate evolution: They hate it so much that TEA staff members can now be forced out of their jobs merely for telling people about a speech by a noted opponent of “intelligent design” (ID). Chris Comer, for example, the state director […]
Guest Post by Morbo When the Supreme Court decides not to hear a case, it’s not usually considered big news. It might get a few lines the newspaper. But often the high court’s refusal of a case is good news and should not be overlooked. That happened on Monday when the court said it would […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * As of the latest report, it looks like the hostages in a New Hampshire Clinton campaign office have been released: “A deranged man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday, took several hostages and demanded to […]
If a Democrat asks a question at a debate for Republican presidential candidates, far-right activists reflexively (and incoherently) define this as a “planted” question. But, of course, given the meaning of the word, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. To really appreciate what a “plant” looks like, you’ll have to turn to the Bush […]
At Wednesday’s night debate for Republican presidential candidates, one of the more notable exchanges pitted Mitt Romney and John McCain on the issue of torture. Romney, flustered, struggled to explain his position on waterboarding. McCain, confident, claimed the high ground. “I would hope that we would understand, my friends, that life is not 24 and […]
Details are still very sketchy, but Reuters notes stunning developments at Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire headquarters. An armed man took people hostage at a New Hampshire campaign office for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton Friday, New Hampshire’s WMUR TV reported. Clinton, who was scheduled to campaign in Virginia on Friday, was not present at […]