I think it’s essential that universities have diverse student populations, but suing a college for “discriminating” against the ignorant doesn’t make any sense. Amid the growing national debate over the mixing of religion and science in America’s classrooms, University of California admissions officials have been accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of discriminating against […]
We joke about the “Taliban wing” of the Republican Party, but the truth is there are very few Americans, even within the right wing, who literally want to replace our liberal democracy with a Biblically-based Christian theocracy. They do, however, exist — and they have a plan. At a time when evangelicals are exerting influence […]
As we’ve seen on too many occasions, Friday afternoons are frequently used to release embarrassing information that the Bush gang would like to keep relatively hidden from public view — fewer reporters are working and fewer Americans are paying attention. Alas, this past Friday afternoon was no exception. After 28 months of growing controversy, the […]
After having spent my first 21 years in Miami, I know that hurricane watching can become tedious and anticlimactic. Every year, a handful of storms pop up, sometimes they hit land, and sometimes they do real damage, but real catastrophes are exceedingly rare. In fact, most of the time, hurricanes are among the least-scary of […]
After my longest break in quite a while, I’m finally back at my desk, ready to write some long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure. I’d like to thank my terrific guest-posters — Ed Stephan, Zoe Kentucky from Demagogue, Michael J.W. Stickings from The Reaction, and Thomas McKelvey Cleaver from That’s Another Fine Mess — for […]
There are, believe it or not, only 28 shopping months before the Iowa presidential caucuses for the 2008 presidential election. It seems like an eternity, but the fight for positioning has already begun. This week, I’m wondering: who do you suppose the Republicans will nominate? Will it be one of the many senators eyeing the […]
Guest post by Ed Stephan Doug Thompson, over at Capitol Hill Blue, has a wonderful piece on some of Bush’s reactions to recent anti-war demonstrators. It’s very funny to read. Here are a few paragraphs: “I’m not meeting again with that goddamned bitch,” Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet again with Cindy Sheehan, […]
I’m going to be away from my computer today and tomorrow, so I won’t be able to post anything. I have, however, arranged for some guest posters: Zoe Kentucky from Demagogue, Michael J.W. Stickings from The Reaction, and Thomas McKelvey Cleaver from That’s Another Fine Mess. One is on the east coast, one is on […]
A new Harris poll is out, and it, like every other poll in recent weeks, shows a steep decline in public support for the president. President Bush’s job approval ratings are at their lowest point of his presidency as only 40% of U.S. adults have a favorable opinion of his job performance and 58% have […]
I don’t mean to belabor this point, but as someone who’s combated Pat Robertson’s efforts for nearly 10 years, I’m having too much fun with this. It appears that Robertson has finally come up with a response to the controversy surrounding his comments about assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: we heard him wrong. As Media […]