Greenwald on Dems’ Mukasey Vote
by Glen Greenwald laid into Senate Democrats for confirming Michael Mukasey’s nomination as Attorney General: Every time Congressional Democrats failed this year to stop the Bush …
Category: Politics
Obama Contrasts Himself Against Clinton
Here’s part of the transcript from his interview with Linda Douglass of NationalJournal.com: Q: But do you think that voters should be concerned about whether …
Torture, the Litmus Test
There have been several anti-torture articles today, most in opposition to the practice. I’m glad of that – no one should want to have to …
Mukasey and Liberals
At the Huffington Post, Nora Ephron writes that “It’s hard to be a Democrat“, saying: It’s hard to be a Democrat, don’t you think? There’s …
Donnie McClurkin Strikes Back
Peter Hamby at CNN writes: The controversial Gospel singer at the center of a gay and lesbian backlash against Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign struck …
Presidential Press Coverage
Journalism.org has an interesting post up in which the press coverage of the 2008 presidential election is analyzed by the Project for Excellence in Journalism …
Of Reporters, Hacks
Earlier today Glen Greenwald published what he believes is an email sent to by him Colonel Steve Boylan, the spokesman for General Petraeus. Boylan – …
Make-or-break Time Coming for Paul
Ron Paul will be spending a sizable amount of his recent haul of campaign contributions on radio and television ads in New Hampshire and other early primary …
Dodd, FISA, and the Trouble with Democrats
Christi Hardin Smith posted a transcript of a “great” speech that Christopher Dodd gave on the floor of the Senate today here. Dodd spoke passionately …
Hillary Would Restore Checks and Balances
Various publications are saying that Hillary Clinton has gone on the record as saying that she would reduce presidential powers back to the pre-W levels …