January 19, 2007
And Yet, Not A Word About Victory
We have never seen in our lifetime such a pityful display of opportunistic politics that reeks of cowardice and impotance. In the midst of an actual change in strategy for Iraq, a combined effort of the Iraqi government and our...January 15, 2007
Huh...So It Was A "Misunderstanding"
Poor Sandy Berger. He claimed that removing documents from the National Archives was all just a big misunderstanding, yet no one believed him. Turns out the man was right all along, sort of, because really, if the National Archives staffers...October 19, 2006
Elementary School Diplomacy
China passes North Korea a note. A special envoy handed a personal message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to Kim Thursday in what a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing called a "significant" visit to Pyongyang.Hey, whatever works. But personally we'd...September 28, 2006
Generating The Headlines They Need
We've been...monitoring, this latest media furor over the leaked, the declassified, the misreported, and the manufactured outrage by Democrats over the National Intelligence Estimate. And really, we're not quite sure why this document rates such a fuss. It's outdated, vague,...September 07, 2006
Democrats Prepare For War Against The Magic Kingdom
So the Democrats finally found a war worth fighting. Too bad it's about saving their own ass, because they've thrown the Geneva Conventions right out the window for this fight.Protesting the "docu-drama" (whatever that is) that ABC has planned for...August 31, 2006
The Rise And Fall Of Plamegate
So it appears that the idiocy that is 'Plamegate' is about to draw to a close, not with a bang, but with silence - from the media.Michael Isikoff and David Corn, in their new book Hubris, put the finger on...July 26, 2006
Definitely Not The Venus de Milo
Apparently an artist has taken inspiration from Sharon Stone (yes, really), and decided to immortalize Hillary with a presidential bust - to be honored at the Museum of Sex this August. The title of the exhibit is (like you couldn't...July 24, 2006
Perhaps He Was Drunk
Everyone's blogged about this John Kerry comment about the fighting in Lebanon, about how if he were president "this wouldn't have happened."We really don't have much to add, as most of the reactions have been fairly well thought out. Ours...July 15, 2006
Mayor Booker Tackles Crime...Literally
The new mayor of Newark is apparently taking his job and campaign pledges pretty seriously. No really.Mayor Booker and his guards left Newark’s City Hall around 12:30 p.m. yesterday for a meeting and stumbled upon what appeared to be a...July 07, 2006
Now They've Gone Too Far
The leakers and the media have struck again, only this time, it's not national security...it's birthday gifts.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, visiting the White House, also brought birthday greetings and a surprise gift. But Bush found out about it during...June 16, 2006
Bill Clinton, Weatherman
The other day when Bill Clinton, at a Democratic fundraiser in Florida, used the dread of approaching tropical storm Alberto to accuse Republicans of being able to control the weather we kind of blew it off as more hot air...May 28, 2006
The Definition of Insanity Is...
Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss...May 09, 2006
More To Goss's Resignation Than A Scandal
A good deal of the blogosphere has jumped on Hookergate like it's the true hidden meaning for Goss's resignation, but the more we read, the more we have to wonder if this isn't really about two mutually exclusive stories. Well,...April 26, 2006
Congrats Tony!
Tony Snow is the new White House Press Secretary. President Bush on Wednesday named conservative commentator Tony Snow as White House press secretary, putting a new face on a troubled administration. Snow, a Fox news pundit and former speechwriter in...April 22, 2006
Plugging The Pulitzer Leaks
Reporters often cite "the public's right to know" as the catch all auspice under which they publish classified information from government officials. There are others: "whistleblowing," "voicing concerns," "holding government accountable," and having "legal reservations."And in the instance of CIA...April 20, 2006
No Crime
For nearly three years now we have heard countless authoritative revelations from the national media organizations about who outed CIA "agent" Valerie Plame. It's like the final moments in the game CLUE; it was Libby, in the Starbucks, on background...Perhaps They Do Have Brains
With all the political jockeying going on in the immigration debate, it's easy for some voices to get lost in the shuffle. But celebrity voices? Could it be? They're like the first responders of pop culture. They'll provide CPR on...April 13, 2006
You Are A Bad Carbon Lifeform
Apparently V'ger and Ilia are back from merging with the Decker unit and sailing the Universe and are ready, once again, to destroy all the carbon units infesting the earth, because that's who it looks like wrote the official web...April 12, 2006
Scientists Dissenting From Global Warming Alarmism Are Censored?!
M.Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, writing an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal is claiming -Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry...April 11, 2006
Michael Schiavo, The Movie
As opposed to Terri Schiavo, because honestly the way this man acted he was all about himself. And seeing as he "kept his promise" by engraving that and the date of Terri's death as the day she slipped into her...April 10, 2006
Recruiting A Little Early Now, Aren't They?
Apparently Democrats - or groups who wish Democrats were in power - feel it's never too early to start recruiting voters, even the ones who at present are illegally in the United States. A number of photos were taken at...April 09, 2006
John Kerry "Refuses" To Get A Clue
Possibly on the assumption that his recent New York Times op-ed was an excuse for sound international U.S. policy, Senator John Kerry fleshed out his agenda with a huge display of arrogance, opportunism and outright defeatism on "Meet the Press"...April 08, 2006
I'm Not An Actor, But I Play One On...Wait...
Oh thank God...the actors are here.Apparently Ben Affleck needs to revitalize his film career, seeing as how he's essentially destroyed his and nearly everyone else's he's been associated with (Matt Damon has sort of escaped with Bourne, but other than...A Disclosure, Not A Leak
It's sad really. This story has gone round and round and round so many times, recycled by the press with so many mischaracterizations and inaccuracies, that it's become nearly impossible for anyone to get back to the heart of the...April 05, 2006
The Fact Filter
Thomas Sowell has a new column out where he speaks to the issue of demagoguery by politicians and the media. He makes some extremely good points and reveals quite a few facts that I had not read before. But then...April 04, 2006
The "Threatened" Society
The courage of celebrities knows no bounds. Susan Sarandon wants the U.S. presidential elections to be monitored by outside interests. The "Bull Durham" star says that the 2004 vote was so fraudulent that we need international oversight — like troubled...April 03, 2006
DeLay Calls It Quits
Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress...