Month: January 2006

(I found this through Pope Guilty’s diary over at dKos) Truthout’s Jason Leopold wrote an article today providing evidence that the warrantless wiretaps began shortly after President Bush was inaugurated....

Okay, it’s time for some good news for a change. Last year, the Maryland State legislature passed a bill requiring all employers in the state with more than 10,000 employees to put at least 8% of their payroll costs into...

All this week, our BooTribber family’s emotions have bobbed and weaved like a boxer in the ring against a much larger, vicious foe — dancing, fighting, lobbing blows, deflecting punches, keeping our chin down and our...

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. Proposed 1789.  Adopted 1992.  Go figure.The 27th...

This story was too good not to share.  It’s from Bill McClellan’s column in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.  I’m not sure how I missed it earlier this week, but fortunately, someone sent it to me. Some...