Guest Post by Morbo No one likes to see photographs of dying 2-year-old children. But when those children are dying because of a war your country started without justification, a war that has since gone horribly awry, sometimes it’s necessary to see photos like that — so you understand the gravity of the situation. On […]
Guest Post by Morbo A lot of folks are into NASCAR. I’m not, but if you enjoy it, more power to you. Some of the organizations sponsoring cars at NASCAR events these days are a little unusual. This year, the National Day of Prayer Task Force sponsored a car. You can see it here. The […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Insult to injury: “Burma’s ruling military junta today impounded United Nations food shipments bound for the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, forcing a temporary suspension of U.N. aid deliveries. A U.N. official later said shipments would resume tomorrow, and the United States said it has received approval to fly in a […]
Any suggestion that Hillary Clinton would start to back off in the face of insurmountable odds continues to be false. Today, her campaign unveiled a PowerPoint presentation, distributed to every Democrat in Congress, pointing to her performance in key, competitive House districts. The gist of the argument is that Hillary has beaten Obama in the […]
A couple of weeks ago, John McCain talked about the importance of increasing the size of the U.S. military. To entice more volunteers, he said, the government should focus on incentives: “[O]ne of the things we ought to do is provide [the troops with] significant educational benefits in return for serving.” A few days later, […]
Periodically over the last several months, the notion of an Obama-Clinton — or a Clinton-Obama — Democratic ticket takes center stage. The candidates then dismiss the talk, the issue fades away, only to come storming back for one reason or another. About two months ago, this was all the rage, when Clinton began publicly speculating […]
Federal tax law, as it relates to tax-exempt religious ministries, is pretty clear — houses of worship may not legally intervene in political campaigns, either in support of or opposition to a candidate or a party. Those who violate the law run the risk of losing their tax-exempt status. With some regularity, the IRS reminds […]
Well, now they’ve done it. Congressional Republicans took a right turn at Main Street and hit the gas quite a while ago, but I had no idea they would actually vote against motherhood. On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in […]
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: * It’s getting tough to keep up with superdelegate developments, but Obama has picked up Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Maryland DNC member John Gage, while Chris Carney of Pennsylvania announced his […]
Some high-profile columnists at major dailies become kind of obsessed. They’re given a great platform, but become so consumed with one aspect of the political world, they tend to write about nothing else. The NYT’s Maureen Dowd, for example, seems to write about little other than her disdain for Hillary Clinton. The NYT’s Bill Kristol […]