No wonder Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is hesitant to let reporters see and record his speeches; the guy has a penchant for saying odd things. At an appearance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government this week, Scalia articulated quite a judicial philosophy. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he believes “abstract moralizing” has led […]
Congressional Republicans appear anxious to use their limited remaining time left in session on burning issues such as flag burning and gay marriage, but the drive to pass a constitutional amendment mandating balanced budgets, fortunately, seems to be all-but dead. The timing seemed a bit discordant last week, when the House Judiciary Committee began considering […]
GOP heavy-hitters Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, who worked with Christian Coalition/Bush campaign golden boy Ralph Reed on some highly questionable lobbying activities for American Indian tribes, seem to be getting deeper and deeper into trouble. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and public relations executive Michael Scanlon formed a secret partnership that corruptly influenced Indian tribal […]
If the presidential race was based on the preferences of two-term Republican presidents’ sons, we’d be in great shape. Ron Reagan Jr., for example, seems almost desperate to vote for John Kerry in November, fresh off his appearance at the Democratic National Convention and his sweeping condemnations of Bush and his presidency. Yesterday, the list […]
Alan Keyes is the Republican candidate for Senate in Illinois; Tom Coburn is the Republican candidate for Senate in Oklahoma. They’re both far-right conservatives running for the same office at the same time. The difference in the way the two are being treated, however, is dramatic. Keyes is a “roll your eyes” candidate — ignored […]
The Kerry campaign was right to jump all over this; I only wish someone in the media would pick up on it. On Monday, while boasting of his military “successes,” Bush told an audience in Ohio that our original foe is gone for good. “And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no […]
Bob Novak had something of a scoop this week about a huge behind-the-scenes conflict. A few hours after George W. Bush dismissed a pessimistic CIA report on Iraq as ”just guessing,” the analyst who identified himself as its author told a private dinner last week of secret, unheeded warnings years ago about going to war […]
Why would House Republicans schedule a vote on a culture war issue, which is pretty obviously unconstitutional and which has no chance at passing the Senate? Because they needed campaign fodder. Republican strategists are targeting vulnerable House Democrats who voted against legislation that would strip courts of their jurisdiction to review cases involving the Pledge […]
There have been countless articles over the last couple of weeks that detail how government officials at every level and in every agency see Iraq slipping further and further away, but today’s item in the Washington Post was particularly worthwhile. A growing number of career professionals within national security agencies believe that the situation in […]
In recent weeks, several media accounts have begun to focus on the Bush campaign’s unprecedented rhetoric, which effectively argues that John Kerry is helping terrorists by criticizing the president. In the never-ending drive to strive for an unnecessary balance, the Washington Post — on the front page, no less — accuses Kerry today of following […]