We deal with plenty of far-right demagogues, activists, and crackpots here, but there’s something truly unique about pastor Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. It’s easy to mock Pat Robertson and scorn James Dobson, but Phelps is in a league of his own. For example, it takes a special kind of person […]
It took some prodding, but the president gave up the last two days of his five-week vacation in light of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, however, the halls of Congress are empty. Nancy Pelosi thinks it’s time for lawmakers to get back to work. She has a point. House Minority […]
(Editor’s Note: The Carpetbagger Report, as regular readers know, has joined the Coalition for Darfur, a bi-partisan online initiative created to raise awareness and resources to address the crisis. This is the latest in a series of posts from the Coalition.) Last weekend, the blog Blue Girl, Red State wrote a post about a regular […]
This morning, we noted that Christian Life and Liberty.net sent out an email alert to its base, explaining their belief that Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans in part because Louisiana has 10 abortion clinics. As the group explained, the hurricane looks like a fetus, which is “proof” that God is sending us a “message.” Now, […]
Following up on Monday’s post on the FDA once again kowtowing to the far right on Plan B emergency contraceptives, it appears not everyone at the agency was fond of the decision. The top Food and Drug Administration official in charge of women’s health issues resigned today in protest against the agency’s decision last week […]
Yesterday, while the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was still coming to light, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto invited on an economic professor in Orlando named Jack Chambless to discuss aid to the Gulf Coast. Actually, to be more specific, the discussion was on whether the government should provide aid to the region at all. (Thanks for […]
The New York Times had a piece today on the latest survey by the fine folks at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. This time the topic was the teaching on modern science. The news wasn’t good. The good news, if you […]
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll offers more of the same data we’ve been seeing — surprise, surprise, Bush is still slipping badly in popularity — but there was one interesting tidbit of information for Dems worried about how forceful they should be in voicing concerns about the war in Iraq. The survey also provided […]
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: * Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) has obviously not ruled out a presidential campaign in 2008, telling an audience of business executives yesterday, “I won’t decide until next year. I can’t […]
I’m glad the president is cutting his five-week vacation short by two days to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. It’s only the second time Bush has cut a trip short — the first was to sign the Terri Schiavo bill — but even if it’s just for symbolic significance, I think appearances alone […]