Month: January 2008

EI’s ongoing coverage of the Gaza crisis

We aren’t likely to hear discussion about the Gaza crisis during the political campaigns, given the negative press it might entail about Israel’s collective punishment of a million and a half Palestinians, many of...

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Why Don’t They Like Her?

     I was watching the Democratic debate last night and I couldn’t help but notice the veiled rancor that seems to exist between Barack Obama and John Edwards for Hillary Clinton. This is more than the...

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Pity the Citizens of South Carolina

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeIn past elections, only those poor souls in Iowa and New Hampshire were abused at the hands of a media circus, but now it has spread to South...

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The Lay of the Land on FISA

The Senate voted 60-36 yesterday to table (kill) the Judiciary Committee’s (SJC) version of the FISA bill. Then things got interesting. The Republicans repeatedly refused to grant unanimous consent to consider amendments...

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