Month: January 2006

Cross-posted from The 10,000 Things Once dubbed a “rising star” of the New York Republican Party Rep. John Sweeney finds himself under pressure from all sides. Saratoga County Republican Committee Chair Jasper Nolan...

George W. Bush signed the Defense Appropriations Bill this past Friday which included the McCain Amendment forbidding cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment of detainees by U.S. personnel anywhere in the world. But the...

The All-Night Cafe and Lounge Is Open! Newcomers welcome, & please pass the syrup. Kindly recommend this cafe and unrecommend the previous one.

Sometimes when an individual or a nation goes mad, they go mad slowly, not noticing the gradual change. What once seemed abnormal and strange now becomes acceptably commonplace. One Nation under Sedation Just recently, the news...

On right now, a C-SPAN special: “Abramoff & Tribal Lobbying.” This week C-SPAN is airing a two-part LIVE call-in program on the Jack Abramoff tribal lobbying investigation story. Tonight: money flow from Abramoff...