Can we please do something about this guy? Can you get a pass for aiding terrorist states if you carry water for the GOP in the newspapers you run? I don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, I really don't. See Pandagon, Kathryn Cramer , Atrios, TAPPED for more....
Author: djw
Today's a day for Washingtonians to be proud of their state. Congratulations to William Downing for seeing through rhetoric, controversy, and disguised bigotry and taking a stand for civil rights.
Many smart people understand that tarriffs and subsidies are not good policy. They're corporate subsidies, and while they protect some jobs sometimes, there are much better and more efficient ways.
Via Josh Marshall, the Illinois GOP is apparently considering a drastic option to counter the Obama juggernaut in the Senatorial campaign. That's right, you guessed it: Alan Keyes. Pure electoral gold, right there. I can't really take this seriously. I've heard a few people suggest the...
A double bit of bad news--The Beta Band is breaking up, and their farewell tour will be limited to the UK. I should've got my act together and gone to.
In case you were tempted to take the current terror warning at face value as a serious attempt to warn the public of a potential danger.... -Much of the information that.
I didn't watch all or even most of it, just catching most of the major speeches. From where I sit, this was a success--tight, organized, on message, and the speakers were very good. The response to Kerry's speech around the blogs is interesting. Over-the-top enthusiasm...
Well, I think this is going pretty well. He's still not a great orator, but he can be good, and I'd say he's close to the top of his game..
Conservatives like to complain that the media insists on covering on the bad news in Iraq (like car bombs blowing up dozens of people) while ignoring the good news (a.
Probably not, unfortunately. Ann Coulter has been given a seat at the table in national media circles for some time now, in person and in print. From where I sit, she appears to have done her level best to lose that seat, but she just...
Rob's absolutely right, Bill Clinton is a brilliant speaker, in terms of rhetoric, content and delivery. The best thing about the speech was the brilliant conceit of taking the actions and.
I was going to comment on Daniel Okrent's embarrassing public editor piece in the Times yesterday, but Bob Somerby has made any further commentary redundent. Read. OK, one brief comment. In this.