Bush, on Sept. 30, at the first presidential debate: “I agree with my opponent that the biggest threat facing this country is weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist network. And that’s why proliferation is one of the centerpieces of [my] multi-prong strategy to make the country safer.” Today’s Washington Post: Bush […]
You really have to wonder what this poor man is thinking. In Wilmington, Ohio, on Monday, Cheney said: “In the weeks and months ahead we’ve got to be prepared to deal with a difficult situation which our guys are dealing with right now even as we speak, and they will continue to do that as […]
It’s probably not the kind of development that will dictate the outcome of the presidential election, but John Kerry has been racking up the newspaper editorial endorsements lately. This morning, Editor & Publisher updated its overall tally: Kerry now leads Bush by 128 to 105 in total endorsements, and easily tops him in the circulation […]
Way back in May, Bush administration officials wanted everyone to know that they followed the Geneva Conventions. It wasn’t much of a boast; the U.S. government has been committed to honoring the conventions for a generation. But, as it turns out, the administration that’s never particularly cared for international treaties didn’t really mean they’d abide […]
During the first presidential debate a few weeks ago, Bush was anxious to convince voters how successful he’s been in executing the war on terror. In particular, Bush boasted about bringing a notorious Pakistani scientist to justice who was selling nuclear secrets — design plans and components — to North Korea. “We continue to pursue […]
I’ve got to hand it Dr. James E. Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in Manhattan. He’s a brave man with a powerful message…who Karl Rove will probably destroy by the end of the week. Hansen, a top climate expert at NASA, has been trying to convince the White House for […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: The Bush administration intends to seek about $70 billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan early next year, pushing total war costs close to $225 billion since the invasion of Iraq early last year, Pentagon and congressional officials said yesterday…. The new numbers underscore […]
Nearly three years after the debacle, and after months of campaign charges from KE04, Bush finally talked about the failure to capture Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora in December 2001. That’s the good news. The bad news is, Bush, once again, didn’t make any sense. “Now my opponent is throwing out the wild claim […]
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has been one of the nation’s leading advocates of reimportation of prescription drugs, but this week, he focused his attention on a specific medication in short supply — the flu vaccine. Blagojevich announced this week that his state government is prepared to buy 87,000 doses of the vaccine from Europe […]
I know this has been floating around the web for a while, but the Miami Herald had an interesting op-ed the other day from Glen Harold Stassen, a professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, and journalist Gary Krane on the issue of abortion. If you haven’t heard about this, their conclusions may surprise […]