Category Archives: Politics

What We've Lost

Everyone should read this piece at Andrew Sullivan’s blog titled What We’ve Lost. In summary, a reserve soldier who served in Iraq during the invasion writes of Iraqi soldiers surrendering to the American because they knew the Americans would treat … Continue reading

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Where have you gone, Benjamin Franklin?

Yesterday, as you may have heard, USA Today (of all places) broke this story: The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, … Continue reading

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Dear Rita Nelson of Minnesota

We appreciate your commentary on the White House Correspondents’ dinner (reprinted here from Editor and Publisher): I thought it was great, except for Colbert, he was terrible, nothing funny there! I love to see what the women wear, and the … Continue reading

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It Can't Happen Here

No theocracy in America, eh? Air Force to Probe Religious Climate at Colorado Academy: Last week, the Washington-based group Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued a 14-page report charging that there is “systematic and pervasive religious bias … Continue reading

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Letter to the editors of Time magazine

I sent the following letter today to _Time_ magazine: It shows extremely poor editorial judgment to feature Ann Coulter on the cover of Time on the tenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City terrorist attack that killed 168 people, including 19 … Continue reading

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Fair is fair…

Previously I commented upon the so-called “DeLay Rule” that would allow Tom DeLay to keep his leadership position even if indicted. Lo and behold, the Republicans in the House have just reversed this rule, apparently at the request of leadership … Continue reading

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The Tres Amigos of Iraq

Al Kamen in the Washington Post (scroll down): President Bush announced yesterday he’ll be awarding the presidential Medal of Freedom to the Tres Amigos of Iraq: former CIA chief George J. “Slam Dunk” Tenet, who gave him bad information; retired … Continue reading

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