When I saw the other day that the LA Times had run an op-ed by Frank Pastore, a religious-right talk-radio blowhard, I was floored. Here was yet another example of a not-so-liberal media offering a fringe extremist a high-profile platform for his lunacy. It turns out, I was too quick in my assessment. To be […]
Apropos of nothing, I was talking to someone the other day about the anthrax mailings in 2001 that scared the hell out of a whole lot of us, including me. I was working in DC at the time and my mail was going through the same post office (Brentwood) as the anthrax letters to Leahy […]
This is a lawsuit worth watching. A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the reserves. Kauai resident David Miyasato received word of his reactivation in September, […]
National Security Advisor Condi Rice must have unique delegating abilities because she seems to be using her time in highly questionable ways. Take last Tuesday (Election Day), for example. It had been just four days since Osama bin Laden had released another video, one day since some administration officials considered raising the terrorist threat level […]
One of the things I always liked about John Kerry was the fact that he seemed so willing and prepared to become president in 2005 — despite the historic mess Bush has made of the world, the nation, the budget, and our economy. It’s hard not appreciate a man who sees the results of the […]
This happened so fast, it probably gave the poor guy whiplash. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), fresh off his latest re-election success, probably wanted to demonstrate once again that, despite his GOP party affiliation in a Dem state, he’s prepared to fight against Bush’s most conservative judicial nominees, especially when it comes to abortion and the […]
My friend Bob Poulsen at NowChannel.com (the artist formerly known as 2.004k.com) made an interesting observation yesterday. Eight states that went for Gore four years ago backed Kerry by even larger margins this week: District of Columbia, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. Several of these states were key battlegrounds in which […]
At this point, I’m not entirely sure who feels worse about this year’s election results, Kerry voters in the U.S. or the rest of the world. Looking at some of the headlines from around the world, I’d say it’s pretty close. * The cover of Thursday’s Daily Mirror asks, under a shot of a smirking […]
In his acceptance speech this week, Bush made it sound like he’s ready to engage in genuine outreach to bring people together after he waged a vicious and deceptive campaign. He was, to be sure, wearing that “uniter” hat again. “[T]oday I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent: To make […]
National Journal’s Chuck Todd was running through this year’s winners and losers yesterday and had some harsh things to say about young voters. Speaking of losers, how ’bout that slacker vote (i.e., the 18-29 year-olds). They turned out in the exact same ratios as 2000, 1996 and 1992. There was no surge, no cell phone […]