I’m not sure how the [tag]White House[/tag] will manage to dismiss these results as trivial and/or inconclusive, but I’m sure they’ll think of something. A scientific study commissioned by the Bush administration concluded yesterday that the lower atmosphere was indeed growing warmer and that there was “clear evidence of human influences on the [tag]climate[/tag] system.” […]
How is parody even possible when real life is this ironic? In the irony-on-steroids category, guess who was defending his graduate thesis on Congressional ethics Monday? Cover your eyes and guess, then sit down for the answer. It was Michael Scanlon. Yes, that Michael Scanlon, the one who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the […]
Over the weekend, the [tag]Boston Globe[/tag] ran a deeply disturbing item, highlighting the fact that [tag]Bush[/tag] has “claimed the authority to [tag]disobey[/tag] more than [tag]750[/tag] [tag]laws[/tag] enacted since he took office.” [tag]Congress[/tag] has passed the bills, and the [tag]president[/tag] has signed them into law, but Bush keeps issuing “[tag]signing statements[/tag]” explaining his dubious authority to […]
The [tag]Republican Party[/tag] is lacking in sensible elder statesman who can share words of wisdom when the party strays too far into nuttiness. Thankfully, former Sen. [tag]John Danforth[/tag] seems to be auditioning for the role. Former Sen. John Danforth says a conservative push to ban [tag]gay marriage[/tag] through a constitutional [tag]amendment[/tag] is silly, calling it […]
[tag]Siena College[/tag]’s Research Institute conducted a poll of 744 domestic history and political science college professors to get a sense of [tag]Bush[/tag]’s place in [tag]history[/tag]. He didn’t fare very well. If his presidency ended now, Republican George W. Bush would go down in history as a [tag]failure[/tag], according to a majority of college history and […]
I find it hard to believe [tag]Stephen Colbert[/tag]’s stand-up routine at the White House Correspondents’ Association [tag]Dinner[/tag] over the weekend is still making headlines, but apparently, the president’s aides are still letting reporters know how unhappy they are. Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert’s biting routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner won a rare […]
This is just sad. Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate [tag]Louisiana[/tag] on a [tag]map[/tag] and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi. Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn’t find Iraq, […]
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R) took election-year pandering — and attempted bribery — to new depths by unveiling a plan to give most Americans a $100 “rebate check” to help pay for a couple of tanks of gas. Even by Frist’s low standards, this was just embarrassing. Apparently, this was a common […]
Michael had a terrific guest post yesterday on the bizarre controversy surrounding singing the [tag]national anthem[/tag] in [tag]Spanish[/tag], but I thought I’d add to it today by noting that when it comes to this issue, the Republicans have just begun to fight. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced a resolution yesterday calling for “The Star-Spangled Banner” […]
Hotline on Call noted today that Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum interviewed Dick Cheney for the June issue and explored an important issue that usually generates almost zero attention: the Vice President’s health. “He takes a range of medications that he and his doctors decline to detail. The extent of his atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries, […]