One underappreciated aspect of Congressional power is the role of committee chairs in steering legislation. Sen. Patrick Moynihan, as chairman of the Finance Committee, almost single-handedly spiked Hillary Clinton’s...
Read MoreIt seems strange to me that John McCain and the Republicans are attempting to campaign on the high price of energy by arguing that we should safeguard obscene profits for the energy companies and give them pristine coastline and...
Read More….is the title of a statement received this morning from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, written by its founder, Jeff Halper. It concerns an action against the Gaza siege. Surrounded by Israel on three...
Read MoreThough McCain clearly lied in his response to these questions… Just set that aside for a moment and watch his initial reactions to these questions. If there were dogs nearby they would be sniffin’ that fear oozing...
Read MoreRon Suskind has a new book coming out that reveals, among other things, that the White House authorized the CIA to backdate a forged memo from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein that purported to show that...
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