Month: July 2006

I’m not going to criticize Orrin Hatch for helping obtain the pardon and release of Hip Hop producer Dallas Austin from a Dubai jail. Austin (is his middle name Houston?) only had a small amount of cocaine that he wanted...

This is an Unhosted Cafe. Coffee & Tea under the window.Goodies on the platters. Pass the sports section over here when you’re done. Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier) May the 4’s be...

Republican Senators Chales Grassley (IA), John Warner (VA), and John McCain (AZ) have written a strongly worded letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, questioning the Boeing Co.’s attempt to write off $615...

In an article posted on antiwar.com, Professor Ira Chernus makes an interesting point about how the Republicans manage to win elections despite the odds: [Rove is] borrowing a page from an ancient Iranian storybook and imitating...

I have called David Brooks a lot of names in my time, none of them complimentary. And I’ve had a few choice words for Joe Lieberman, too. But, comparing the netroots to fascists? This is not just tiresome. These are...