First up from the God machine this week is an update on a report from April on the uncomfortable intersection of religion and the U.S. military. One soldier who is not religious has faced considerable pressure from those who are. And now, he has no choice but to go to court. Army Spc. Jeremy Hall […]
I wasn’t especially excited when Newsweek said Barack Obama enjoyed a 15-point lead over John McCain three weeks ago, and I’m not especially discouraged now that Newsweek shows Obama leading by three now. A month after emerging victorious from the bruising Democratic nominating contest, some of Barack Obama’s glow may be fading. In the latest […]
Earlier this week, a friend of mine in Pittsburgh, reader K.M., emailed me about John McCain telling a local television station, “When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron […]
Tony Snow, dead at age 53. Conservative commentator and former White House press secretary Tony Snow has died of cancer, Fox News reported Saturday. Snow, 53, was a broadcaster for Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio when he replaced Scott McClellan as President Bush’s press secretary in May 2006. Snow served just 17 months […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Another unpleasant day for market-watchers: “Wall Street’s angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week Friday — stocks tumbled, soared and then turned south again as investors tried to assess the dangers faced by the country’s biggest mortgage financiers, […]
There have been rumors all week that Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) might hit the campaign trail with Barack Obama. I expected that might include a rally in Nebraska or something. That’s not quite what these two had in mind. The buzz this week that Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is planning to join Sen. […]
Well, we knew the right wasn’t going to be happy about this. On Monday, at an event in Georgia, a voter asked Barack Obama about a “push” for more bilingualism in the U.S. Obama criticized the “English-only” efforts and said Americans would be better off if we spoke more than one language. After noting the […]
I’ve noticed a certain pattern to some of my posts this week. Which is to say, they’re mostly about the same thing — John McCain doing or saying something offensive. I’d like to write about plenty of other things — really, I would — and I keep thinking, “Just as soon as the McCain campaign […]
John McCain chatted with ABC’s Charlie Gibson the other day, and some of his more noteworthy comments have received surprisingly little attention. (Update: I’m having some technical trouble with the video, but it’s online here.) You’ll notice that, early on in the interview, he emphasized the need for “sanctions on the Iranians” because “we cannot […]
Following up on an item from a few days ago, John McCain hosted a town-hall meeting in Denver on Monday (the event at which he called the Social Security system a “disgrace”), that was open to the public. Carol Kreck, a 61-year-old part-time librarian, attended the event, and stood outside with a hand-held sign with […]