Well, I guess we were warned. Last month, Time magazine reported on new White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten’s five-point strategy to “reboot” Bush’s second term. Point #1, which Bolten intended to implement right away, was to “deploy guns and badges.” From the article published just three weeks ago: Under the banner of homeland […]
[tag]Rudy Giuliani[/tag]’s appearance in Atlanta yesterday hasn’t generated nearly as much attention as [tag]John McCain[/tag]’s speech at [tag]Falwell[/tag] U last weekend, but it’s equally as shameless. And harder to understand. Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani glided over his support for gay civil unions and declared heterosexual marriage to be “inviolate” today as he helped raise […]
The debate over [tag]immigration[/tag] policy has become so unbelievably silly, it’s come to this. After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make [tag]English[/tag] the “[tag]national[/tag] [tag]language[/tag]” of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for […]
TV preacher [tag]Pat Robertson[/tag] has a colorful history when it comes to the weather. In 1998, after Orlando voted to fly rainbow flags from city lampposts during the annual Gay Days event at Disney World, Robertson announced that it might cause Orlando to be hit by “earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor.” Almost as amusing, […]
[tag]Michael Hayden[/tag]’s confirmation [tag]hearing[/tag]s to become the director head of the CIA are the political story of the day — but there’s just not much to say about it. As Knight Ridder’s Daniel Rubin put it, “If the job of [tag]CIA[/tag] director requires the ability to answer hours of sharp questions and not actually say […]
[tag]George Will[/tag] has noticed that reporters have found a new shorthand to describe socially conservative religious voters who want the federal government to play an active role in legislating morality: “[tag]values voters[/tag].” Oddly enough, Will is sick of it. For a change, I think he’s right. An aggressively annoying new phrase in America’s political lexicon […]
In all seriousness, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a [tag]parody[/tag]. The [tag]Competitive Enterprise Institute[/tag], a front-group funded by the oil industry, has unveiled a new TV [tag]ad[/tag] that hopes to convince Americans not to worry about [tag]global warming[/tag]. The pitch — I swear I’m not making this up — is that [tag]carbon dioxide[/tag] […]
Over a year ago, the [tag]president[/tag] said that he had no interest in encouraging the Senate to approve a [tag]constitutional[/tag] [tag]amendment[/tag] to [tag]ban[/tag] [tag]gay marriage[/tag]. More recently, [tag]Laura Bush[/tag] weighed in on the subject, stating her belief that Republicans should not politicize the issue, while [tag]Mary Cheney[/tag] explained that she nearly quit working on the […]
[tag]Republicans[/tag] have decided that the key to rallying the party’s base is to shout, as often as possible, that [tag]Democrats[/tag] will hold [tag]Bush[/tag] accountable if they take back [tag]Congress[/tag] in November. The media seems particularly fascinated by the argument, and have reported at length on Rep. [tag]John Conyers[/tag] (D-Mich.), ranking Dem on the House Judiciary […]
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see the political world take The [tag]Da Vinci Code[/tag] a little too seriously, but with the movie opening tomorrow, it seems some people just can’t help themselves. The Wall Street Journal’s [tag]Peggy Noonan[/tag], for example, went on quite a tirade today. Speaking of the detachment of the elites, […]