Month: July 2007

No National Voting Reform for 2008

So much for priorities. It seems the Democrats have decided to put its voting reform legislation on the slow train to nowhere. Why am I not surprised. Under pressure from state and local officials, as well as from lobbyists for...

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Drive-through Fatwas

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeI was driving a bunch this last week and was listening to world news podcasts on my iPod instead of hate radio. One story was about Dar...

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Bush: Forget about Contempt Citations

You know those Congressional subpoenas that Harriet Miers and others in the Bush administration have decided to ignore? Normally the procedure is for Congress to issue a contempt citation and then deliver it to the US District...

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More Than Black

    Being a sports fan and also a New York Yankees fan I couldn’t help but catch the hoopla surrounding the latest tirade by Gary Sheffield, a former Yankee. According to Mr. Sheffield, the Yankees manager,...

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