I heard an interview the other day in which a conservative insisted that Hillary Clinton couldn’t appeal to a national audience in large part because she pushed a plan for “socialized medicine” in the early ’90s. Anyone who was even passively familiar with Clinton’s proposal had to realize that this is a ridiculous myth — […]
Guest Post by Morbo One week later I’m still not sure what Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was thinking when he flip-flopped on stem-cell research. The conventional wisdom is that Frist wants to be president. This is not the way to achieve that goal. True, some people are praising Frist for his move — but […]
Guest Post by Morbo Here’s a little tidbit of recent news you might have missed: A South Korean team announced Aug. 3 that is has, for the first time, cloned a dog. Animal clones are nothing new, of course. Sheep, cats, mice, rabbits, goats, pigs and other creatures have been cloned since 1996. For various […]
Guest Post by Morbo Do me a favor: Read the two paragraphs below, which come from a front-page Washington Post story by Josh White, then answer a short question. Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush was being stubborn with his American captors, and a series of intense beatings and creative interrogation tactics were not enough […]
Guest Post by Morbo There’s something jarring about the commercial for the One Campaign — the star-studded effort to eradicate global poverty. Watching the promotional ad online, I was impressed by the array of celebrities who have signed on, including Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Bono, Kevin Bacon, Ellen DeGeneres, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Al Pachino […]
Guest Post by Morbo Everybody’s favorite right-wing, Messiah-owned newspaper, The Washington Times, gleefully reported this week that the Republican Party will hold the White House in 2008. The polls have spoken. Several have been taken recently, and all show Sens. John F. Kerry and Hillary Clinton losing to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani […]
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney regularly appears on Fox News, explaining why conservatives are tough and liberals are not. It’s standard-fare nonsense, hardly worth noticing or getting worked up about. But my friend smiley wrote in today to note a bizarre comment McInerney made recently that leads to a conclusion McInerney may not […]
There are a variety of compelling concerns about John Roberts’ Supreme Court nomination, but one shortcoming that hasn’t been explored yet is his apparently poor memory. It started a couple of weeks ago when we learned that Roberts said he had no memory of belonging to the Federalist Society, despite serving as a member of […]
For the past couple of months, I’ve tried to take Kevin Drum’s advice and not freak out every time a Republican uses Nazis as a historical reference. Jon Chait explained the trick of it: [W]hen Nazis are invoked, it’s often not to make a moral comparison but to establish a logical principle. That’s the main […]
In DC, 16th Street NW has a special significance. In much of the city, looking down the street means looking directly at the White House, which sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s exactly this significance that led Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) to quietly introduce a 106-word resolution last week that would rename 16th Street to […]