The speculation — informed and otherwise — continues to swirl with the news that White House bigwig Karl Rove will not only testify again in the "Plamegate" leak case but that prosecutors aren't ruling out that he could be indicted:Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th hour testimony in the case of a CIA … [Read more...] about Rove Will Testify Again In Plame Case As Speculation Swirls

According to CNN, a woman was kicked off of a flight for wearing an (obscene) anti-Bush T-shirt under her sweatshirt. Pointer to my post on Julien's List … [Read more...] about No Political Messages Fly on Southwest Airlines!

CNN Breaking News: -- New York City is raising threat alert level for subway system, CNN has learned. AP reports a "credible security threat" as reason. … [Read more...] about CNN: NYC Subway Threat

...that I hoped someone was being misquoted, or something was being exaggerated to gain an audience, this is it. … [Read more...] about If there has ever been a time…

....to this. … [Read more...] about We Say….

Scholar Noah Feldman offers a historically sound but risky formula for rethinking the separation of church and state By AMI EDEN in The Forward October 7, 2005 As Senator Dianne Feinstein wrapped up her opening remarks during the hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts, she offered an apparent plea for preserving a robust separation of church and … [Read more...] about One Nation Under God?

Okay, maybe I forced that one. But I'm not a poet, I'm just a happy camper. Because the US voted resoundingly in favor of American values by banning the use of torture by American personnel. You can get a longer reaction at my blog, The Debate Link. … [Read more...] about 90-9, Feeling Sublime

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum doesn't mince words to conservative Bush loyalists who've gone after him for not supporting Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. On NRO he writes:Some NRO readers have challenged me: Why should we trust you when you say that Miers is not qualified rather than trust the president when he says she is? My answer is: Don't trust me. Trust your … [Read more...] about More Miers Fireworks: David Frum’s Thumbs Down

Given the way the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has been generally welcomed by Congressional moderates and accepted by many Democratic liberals, the official news as reported by The Hill should come as no surprise:The Gang of 14’s centrist Democratic and Republican senators met and gave preliminary approval yesterday to Harriet Miers as President Bush’s … [Read more...] about No Filibuster On Miers

Interesting debate going on between Chicago Law Professor Geof Stone and 7th Circuit Judge and Law & Economics Guru Richard Posner regarding the USA PATRIOT Act. It's chock full of interesting informational tidbits. Take this argument by Posner on civil liberties:I believe I have a closer personal acquaintance with civil-liberties abuses than you. My mother was forced out … [Read more...] about Son of Communist

President George Bush's nomination of his lawyer Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is now turning out to require a sales job that may not necessarily require an emergency visit by super salesman Zig Zigler — but all the King's horses and all the King's men may not be able to put George Bush's agenda and trust from some factions of his party together again. How bad has … [Read more...] about Miers Tough Sell As Goldwater Descendant/Dobson GOP Factions Face Off

Yes, we bloggers are terrible parasites who get up each morning rubbing our hands with anticipation as we sit down at the keyboard to wage an ideological jihad against well meaning, truth-seeking (and truth-knowing) millionaire cable TV talk show hosts. Apparently that's what Fox News' Bill O'Reilly seemingly believes (and we are SURE that also includes the blogs which praise … [Read more...] about Bill O’Reilly’s Blogospheric Meltdown

You might think that's a silly question -- the product of someone with too much time on his hands (which TMV doesn't have, by the way). But, no, it appears to be a valid question. Apparently the White House's political maven has been Missing In Action recently and Americablog says sources tell them it isn't happenstance. … [Read more...] about Is Karl Rove In Hiding?

A Hat Tip to Karen Zipdrive at Pulp Friction: Espionage Case Breaches the White House Accused Marine Worked in Vice President's Office By ABC's BRIAN ROSS and RICHARD ESPOSITO Federal investigators say Leandro Aragoncillo, a naturalized citizen from the Philippines, used his top secret clearance to steal classified intelligence documents from White House computers. Oct. 5, … [Read more...] about ABC: Espionage Case Breaches the White House

This has to be one of the more hilarious reaction to the Roberts coronation. It's SUCH a great photo. … [Read more...] about The End Is Nigh

There's a bit of good news coming out of Iraq today: Iraq's Parliament voted today to cancel a last-minute rule change that would have made it almost impossible for Iraq's new constitution to fail in the upcoming national referendum. The reversal came a day after United Nations official in Baghdad told Shiite and Kurdish leaders that the new rule was a violation of … [Read more...] about Rigging the Iraqi referendum

Everybody write your senator and tell him to vote "yea" on the McCain and Graham amendments outlawing torture and establishing uniform procedures to process detainees (respectively). You can see my letter to Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) here. … [Read more...] about Political Activism

Former President Jimmy Carter's son Jack is considering a bid for the United States Senate. You can check out the story here over at my blog. … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carter’s Son to Run for the Senate

The case for it is made here. … [Read more...] about A Plea For More Respectful Blogging

...at DC Debate — a sparkling new site we KNOW is going to become a huge hit on the Internet. DC debate was started by Cornell University student Herbert Ziskend as a kind of political debate website. And it is that — and a lot more. This is an ADDICTING site. It includes a good mix of items. On many items it gives you a succinct left/right take on the story. It … [Read more...] about Take A Peek