Month: April 2007

. Bush bypasses Senate to name ambassador WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress, where Democrats had...

Has the Recession Arrived?Monthly Factory Orders increased only 1% for the month of February, much less than the +1.8% increase predicted.This follows January’s decline of -5.7%. January’s Factory Orders decline was...

Rudy Guiliani is not flip-flopping on public funding of abortion. On the other hand, he has no plans to change the law as it now stands. A video clip of the then-mayoral candidate issuing a similar declaration in 1989 in a...

We can’t continue to pursue an Iraq policy based on fairy tales and rose-colored glasses. –Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois) Mr. Bush still wants his blank check.  On Tuesday, at an address in The Rose...

Crossposted from Survivor Left Blogistan. Sometimes the simple act of a child gives rise to a stern warning from a concerned parent.  Don’t eat with your mouth open.  Don’t talk with your mouth full....