Kos-ites on Strike. Web a Better Place?
by How could the answer to that question be anything but a resounding "Yes!", you ask? Well, it seems it’s the more sane writers at Kos …
Category: Politics
House FISA Bill Denies Telco Amnesty
The House of Representatives today voted to pass a Democratic plan to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, defying President Bush’s demand that telecom companies …
Too Thin Political Skin
James Carville, one of Bill Clinton’s campaign advisers back in the day, wrote this dead-on piece as a post-mortem to the sad little affair of …
Obama Condemns Wright’s Statements
Barack Obama, undoubtedly stunned by the outcry that followed the popularization of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s racist and anti-American statements, has "strongly condemned" his pastor’s teachings …
Spitzer’s Last Crusade?
Yesterday Eliot Spitzer admitted that he was a client of a prostitution ring, today he’s said to be considering whether or not to resign as …
Testing John McCain, Pork Buster
Robert Novak brightened my day by writing that John "I’m the Sheriff" McCain and his Republican colleagues will be at odds this week over the …
Smearing John McCain
For reasons known only to himself, Robert Farley compares an ad by John McCain to the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens and wonders aloud …
Obama Adviser Favors Telecom Immunity; Barack Demurs
ABC’s Justin Rood reports that John Brennan, Barack Obama’s intelligence adviser, has gone on-record as being strongly in favor of granting immunity to telecoms that …
No More Power
Doing his best Babe Ruth imitation, Jimmie called his shot. Now it’s happened: Samantha Powers has resigned her position as advisor to the Obama campaign …
Caucuses and Monsters
Michigan reportedly will be holding a caucus in order to re-enfranchise the state’s Democratic voters. Hopefully Michigan Dems will come to their senses and hold …