Category: US Politics

Robert Kennedy is laying some serious charges at the door of the Bush administration over in the Nation. Read it all, some of the issues he raises have been discusses on this weblog over the last week. Among the charges: The Bush Administration’s first instinct when it comes to science has been to suppress, discredit…

Dan points to this article by the infamous Ann Coulter, talking about that horrible liberal Max Cleland. I think Dan gets it right as usual. Imagine. This is only February. Interestingly, the paper that published that, Human Events, has edited out some parts of Coulter’s article. The original apparently is here in Townhall. Having a…

The story of Dudley Hiibel is an interesting one, and says alot about the rights of citizens in a democracy to protect their privacy. The local sheriff in the Nevada town demanded ID, Dudley refused – and what ensued has been released on video onto the internet – it is notably however, the police camera…

Green Violet blogged this before I got the chance to – it is a funny read. I hope all of my Republican readers don’t mind. GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Law Enforcement: I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I…

For those who missed it, here’s the full transcript of George Bush’s interview with Meet the Press. Some scary stuff in there.

I am still amazed by stories such as this, its been over 2 years since that day, and yet my interest, it seems, will never go away. Perhaps its having lots of relatives working in airlines, and having quite a bit of knowledge about aircraft and airlines that fascinates me. Or maybe its just Ms.…

Anyone who is interested in news and current affairs should subscribe to the Newsnight newsletter, it always has a good joke, including today’s: In advance of the Hutton Report, a colleague sent this: George W Bush goes to a primary school to talk about the war. After his talk he invites questions. One little boy…

According to Ronan Mullin, George W Bush is a clean-living, born again Christian who opposes abortion. Opponents of Mr. Bush like Howard Dean and General Wesley Clarke are loons and weirdoes. Al Gore is a pathetic whining figure who slobbers over his wife and wears too much make-up. All this invective comes from a journalist…

William Safire makes a list of the reasons why America is winning the war on terror. There are, I think, some erroneous logical errors in there, as well as some irrelevent stuff. If he is right, why have the number of terrorist incidences in the world risen rather than fallen since the war on terror…

So it appears that Condi Rice may be apprehensive about appearing before the 9/11 investigation Commission. Two government sources tell TIME that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is arguing over ground rules for her appearance in part because she does not want to testify under oath or, according to one source, in public. While national…