Author: catnip

Last Thursday, the nomination of John Roberts as the next Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a final vote of 13-5. The following Democrats on the committee opposed the passage:...

Just a comment about the grumbling and groaning about “other issues” “hijacking” the anti-war protests today in Washington. First of all, the only sustained coverage I had here in Canada was via C-SPAN...

Wondering how those federal funds for Hurricane Katrina have been spent so far? So are some very vocal Democrats. Congress approved a total of $62.3 billion as a down payment for reconstruction and other needs, but the...

Oh, how financial affairs can be ugly things. Bill Frist is in trouble. Good thing there’s a hurricane going on or more people would actually notice and that might be bad. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal probe of...

President Bush had planned to fly to Texas today to “to get a firsthand look at the preparations that are under way for Hurricane Rita and to show our support for the first responders as they get ready for the response to...