It seems more and more that Barack Obama will truly be able to put up a fight: not just regarding support of voters, but also regarding the big bucks. As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to reassemble the Democratic money machine her husband built, some of its major fund-raisers have already signed on with Senator Barack Obama. Among the biggest fund-raisers for Mr. … [Read more...] about Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama
“Oops”
That is what U.S. attorney general Alberto Gonzales must be thinking: "The former Justice Department official who carried out the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year told Congress that several of the prosecutors had no performance problems and that a memo on the firings was distributed at a Nov. 27 meeting attended by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, a Democratic … [Read more...] about “Oops”
The Big War Story the Media Is Ignoring
In the end, it was the MSM that was shocked, awed -- and duped The mainstream media is full of stories these days about the decline and fall of the Bush administration and its catastrophic Iraq war policy, but you’re not likely to read the other big story: How the mainstream media abrogated its responsibilities in the wake of 9/11 and is deeply complicitous in the mess … [Read more...] about The Big War Story the Media Is Ignoring
Independents and the 08 Elections
Dan Balz writes at the Washington Post: Five months after midterm elections that demonstrated the rising power of independent voters, conservative and liberal activists continue to drive the presidential campaign dialogue, deepening the red-blue divisions that have defined national politics for more than a decade. The huge gulf between the two parties' candidates is most … [Read more...] about Independents and the 08 Elections
A Simple Musical Instrument Can Become A Piece Of Art
See -- and listen -- to what Mark Occhionero does in updating an old song at 2006's Ukulele Noir. Quite impressive: … [Read more...] about A Simple Musical Instrument Can Become A Piece Of Art
GOP Send Help
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about GOP Send Help
‘More Sex Please: We Are Americans!’
Research shows the US chastity programme, for which teenagers receive silver rings, has no influence on any future decision to have sex. Photograph: Jonathan Dyer/AP Recent findings have undermined President George W. Bush's 'keep zipped up' stance. The Guardian reports: "It's been a central plank of George Bush's social policy: To stop teenagers having sex...The trouble … [Read more...] about ‘More Sex Please: We Are Americans!’
Commemorating Six Million Jews
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem April 15, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) "What happened to Jewish people may also happen to other people in the world," a Holocaust survivor named Schonberger said in Yad Vashem or Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday shortly before the official opening ceremony marking the Holocaust Martyrs' and … [Read more...] about Commemorating Six Million Jews
A Wrinkle in Time
Interesting new perspective on unwed Black mothers in the inner-city--why they got they way, why they stay that way. Hint: It isn't because they're lazy, it isn't because they're irresponsible. … [Read more...] about A Wrinkle in Time
To the Righteous Gentiles
Thanks so much! Jerusalem Post: Hidden Heroes … [Read more...] about To the Righteous Gentiles
Has the BBC’s Alan Johnston Been ‘Executed?’
Has the BBC's Alan Johnston been murdered by Palestinian terrorists? YnetNews: BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been killed by an al-Qaeda affilated Palestinian organization, according to an internet statement obtained by Ynetnews. The statement was signed by the Palestinian Jihad and Tawheed Brigades, an organization named after an Iraqi al-Qaeda group. Responding to … [Read more...] about Has the BBC’s Alan Johnston Been ‘Executed?’
The Week Ahead
The Economist summarizes what to expect in the coming week. In short: - presidential elections in Nigeria: "an oil-rich but troubled west African nation with some 140m people." - the trial against... José Padilla is expected to begin... after five years. - presidential elections dans la France. - and Bhutan will hold a "mock election" to "familiarise both voters and … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead
Paper Suggests Bush Tied To Firing U.S. Attorney Iglesias
The Albuquerque Journal's investigative reporter Mike Gallagher has a story that suggests that the U.S. attorneys don't simply serve at the "pleasure" of the President, but that a Senator can go to a President if he doesn't like a U.S. attorney and turn some of his apparently political displeasures into the President's....who will give the Senator the political response he … [Read more...] about Paper Suggests Bush Tied To Firing U.S. Attorney Iglesias
Bush: Evil Dictator
An interesting article appeared in Tunisian magazine (I think) the Tunis Hebdo. Watching America (one of the best, most innovative and most interesting websites on the entire Net) translated it. I encourage all Americans to read it, not because I agree with it (although the author, Tahar Selmi makes some valid points), but because it gives you all (and other Westerners for that … [Read more...] about Bush: Evil Dictator
Al Qaeda and Those Good News Bears
One of the recurring stories of the Iraq war for conservative bloggers is the trials and tribulations of Al Qaeda. The reason for this is simple: It is exceedingly difficult these days to find anything positive in Iraq to blog about, and if the reality of the Mess in Mesopotamia still hasn’t taken a big chunk out of your backside, then the baddest terrorist group in the whole … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda and Those Good News Bears
Center of Attention
A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers. Marc Schulman discusses the potential proliferation of nuclear arsenals throughout the Middle East, while Munaeem takes a look at the prospect of rising sectarian strife within Saudia Arabia. In two posts related only by the British motif, Andrew Sullivan offers insight on … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
People Knew What to do About (High) Taxes in the Good Old Days
Didn't they? Early American history was a conservative's nirvana: It was one long tax revolt. The British imposed taxes on everything from molasses to tea, and Americans smuggled the molasses, tossed the tea into a harbor and reached for their muskets. Thomas Jefferson's incendiary Declaration of Independence listed King George III's basest transgressions; prominent among … [Read more...] about People Knew What to do About (High) Taxes in the Good Old Days
A Footnote To The Imus Controversy
So, yes, just where WERE all those "figs."? … [Read more...] about A Footnote To The Imus Controversy
Outed Democrats
Gary McCoy, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about Outed Democrats
Fred Thompson: the New Reagan
Fred Thompson wrote an op-ed for the Opinion Journal (WSJ). In he makes the case for tax cuts: lower taxes mean more economic growth. I don’t think that there are any serious political commentators who harbor serious doubts about whether or not Thompson will run: he will. His campaign has, in a way, already started. He is trying to appeal to the conservative base: both … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson: the New Reagan