Following up on yesterday’s post about North Korea’s newly updated propensity for missile testing, Carpetbagger can’t help but shake his head at the news that the “axis of evil” country has restarted a nuclear reactor that had been shut down in 1994. Just one day after Secretary of State Colin Powell said that North Korea […]
Making fun of the president for his malapropisms has been done by better researchers than me, but I noticed a fun one in this morning’s Washington Post that I can’t resist bringing to your attention. Speaking to a group called the Latino Coalition, Bush was chastising Senate Democrats for filibustering Miguel Estrada’s nomination to the […]
The Pew Research Center, well respected for its non-partisan research, has released new survey data reflecting Bush’s approval rating at an unimpressive 54 percent. As for the public’s support for the president’s economic policies, more Americans disapprove of Bush’s handling of the economy that approve (43 percent to 48 percent). As the Center explained, “This […]
In recent months, Bush has said repeatedly that he would like to avoid war, that he has hasn’t formally resigned himself to war, and that the U.S. will “seek and strive for peace.” For all the White House’s rhetoric, these sentiments are not true and never have been. The administration has made its commitment to […]
Pentagon officials are acknowledging publicly that the combat phase of war in Iraq could cost $95 billion, and that doesn’t include the costs of occupying Iraq indefinitely after the war is over, nor the costs of rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure so the country doesn’t implode after we’re done dropping bombs on it. (Oh, and it also […]
No one could have been surprised that MSNBC cancelled Phil Donohue’s show. It just didn’t generate the audience needed to keep it on the air. MSNBC, in its continuing struggle for relevance, has announced some of the new “personalities” that will soon be gracing its airwaves. “Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, has signed […]
The Bush administration has argued, with limited success, that dealing with North Korea is different from dealing with Iraq. OK, giving the president the benefit of the doubt for a moment, different crises require different approaches. Yet, even acknowledging the complex geo-political distinctions, it’s getting more and more difficult to see the coherence on Bush’s […]
The president’s radio address on Saturday was more annoying than usual. It was devoted exclusively to urging the Senate to vote on Miguel Estrada’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. “Vacant federal benches lead to crowded court dockets, overworked judges, and longer waits for Americans who want their cases heard,” Bush said. “Regional […]
Speaking of calling the Bush administration to account for its distortions of the truth, Joe Conason (of Salon and New York Observer fame) is wisely alerting his readers to an astonishing example of the administration lying — again — about broad support for its fiscal policies. You may have heard about 450 economists — including […]
The death of 23-year-old Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, while obviously tragic, is bringing increased scrutiny to the almost comically lax federal laws relating to over-the-counter “natural remedies” that are, unfortunately, readily available in supermarkets, drugstores, and health food outlets across the country. It’s about time. The Washington Post published an important editorial today that […]