Any post that begins, “Far-right blogs were all atwitter the other day…” is bound to end up making conservatives look pretty bad. This is another one of those posts. This time, the topic is global warming. The WaPo noted the bones of the “controversy” today. NASA has slightly revised its record of average annual temperatures […]
It’s been a little while, but the last time we checked in with the purge scandal, about a month ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asked the AG how many U.S. Attorneys he’d fired during his tenure. He said he didn’t know. After acknowledging the nine we know about from the purge, Gonzales said, “I’m not […]
The recent story out of Newark about three college students who were murdered, execution style, in a school playground was painful. Adding a political angle to the horrible crime, one of the suspects is reportedly an immigrant from Peru who entered the country illegally. Another suspect is a legal immigrant from Nicaragua. In light of […]
As many readers know, I worked at Americans United for Separation of Church and State for several years, and dealt with a lot of controversies dealing with houses of worship intervening in political campaigns, which is prohibited under federal tax law. Yesterday, my former colleagues found a good example — but got an unexpected response. […]
When it comes to foreign policy and national security, Rudy Giuliani is in an untenable position: he’s inexplicably decided to base his entire presidential campaign on subjects he knows nothing about. At some point over the last six years, Giuliani got it in his head that being the mayor of a city attacked by terrorists […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * In a bit of a surprise, John Edwards’ presidential campaign has decided to move staffers out of Nevada, an early caucus state, to focus on Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The […]
The LAT had a thorough and detailed report today on Gen. David Petraeus’ current thinking about troop duties in Iraq. Unfortunately, the Times piece really buried the lede. The thrust of the piece focused on Petraeus apparent belief that U.S. troops may soon be able to leave parts of Iraq where security conditions have improved. […]
It’s not just unusual for the United States to designate a branch of a foreign military a terrorist organization; it’s never happened. The Bush administration, however, is now poised to add Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps — backed by Ahmadinejad, among others — to its terrorism list. The move, apparently, is intended to make it easier […]
Honestly, if I didn’t know better, I’d say the Bush gang actually wants to help Hillary Clinton get elected. It’s good to have skills, it’s better to get lucky, but it’s the best when your enemies are hopelessly inept. This week, the Clinton campaign unveiled its first TV ad of the season, which hit the […]
Practically every day for the last seven years, Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, has been the most shameless, unapologetic White House sycophant in DC. In most instances, it seemed as Barnes couldn’t speak while Karl Rove was drinking water. And while many of us have already had our fill of Rove retrospectives, […]