Month: October 2008

[editor’s note, by Steven D] I shortened the title to make commenting on this important diary easier. Scaling the Mountains and Molehills of the “Voter Registration Fraud” Controversy Weekly Voting Rights News...

I will tell you from my own experience of five years in Chicagoland while I was an undergraduate and a grad student at Northwestern, The Chicago Tribune has NEVER endorsed a Democrat (not even Illinois’ own former...

CNN reports that Cindy McCain had over $500,000 in itemized deductions in this year’s tax return. That probably means that she gave a lot of money to charity, but goddamn is a lot of money to be writing off.

John McCain is a hero because he was shot down over North Vietnam. Hayden Panettiere plays one on TV. And she knows that only a real hero can save us now: Really, I think Johnny Mac should have selected Hayden as his running...

It’s no surprise that the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post have endorsed Obama, but the Chicago Tribune? That’s kind of earthshattering. And it’s a stronger endorsement than Fred Hiatt’s petulant...