Attention deficit Americans are being misled to warSaturday, July 15 ( Read more... )

Heads of the CIA don't submit resignations, effective immediately, unless something big is up. Cable news, of course, has been ignoring the real story and speculating about past allegations of torture and intelligence failures in relation to Iraq and all of the leak scandals. Those dogs don't hunt. They're history - especially here in the United ( Read more... )

First he more or less skewers Bill Kristol on The Colbert Report, then he takes on the entire Bush administration - and the press corps - at the White House Correspndents Dinner. Bush enduring Stephen Colbert's comments was like Claudius watching "The Murder of Gonzago" in Hamlet. It was priceless - hilarious, shockingly blunt, and dead on every ( Read more... )

By the way, I thought this Op-Ed piece by Garry Wills in yesterdays NY Times was great. As the stupid Times doesn't provide access to their archive material unles you pay, here it is:

Christ Among the PartisansBy GARRY WILLS ( Read more... )

Another day, another civics lesson. Today, boys and girls, we return to the whole question of executive authority...

This all arose from yet another discussion at America's Debate relating, this time, to the Plame investigation and whether or not Scooter Libby's testimony will have any impact on the Oval Office - or, indeed, the upcoming ( Read more... )

This letter can be found at The New York Review of Books here, with additional notes and case law, but it is definitely worth looking over as it could - and decidedly should - be the basis of the impeachment of George W. Bush. At long fucking last.

Dear Members of CongressWe are scholars of constitutional law and former government officials. We ( Read more... )

The hypocrisy of our administration becomes more blatant and shameless with every passing day. On behalf of the White House, Scott McClellan reached new lows in his press conference yesterday:

Q: Scott, the President told Brit Hume that he thought that Tom DeLay is not guilty, even though the prosecution is obviously ongoing. What does the ( Read more... )

By the way, jmhm has been on a real roll lately. Not that she isn't always, but her journal has become my first stop of the day (sorry, throwingstardna) - whatever time my day starts. I hate commenting to say little more than "excellent post" (and with jmhm, it'd probably lead to carpal tunnel syndrome), so instead I'll just recommend that you add her to your flist now ( Read more... )

First, John Edwards has a very good column in the Washington Post, if you haven't already seen it (thanks, flavobean), outlining a real strategy for Iraq, defining what the Democratic platform should be, and starting with three words you will never - ever - hear crossing the lips of President Bush: "I was wrong ( Read more... )

terminal3 pointed me to this excellent editorial by Leonard Pitts of the Buffalo News. It's worth posting in full:

Well, I guess that settles that ( Read more... )