Author: catnip

While we were busy helping out Katrina victims, railing against governments’ stupendous failures, and trying to figure out what the Democrats should do next, conservatives in DC have been busy having meetings to decide how...

Hmmm…is he or isn’t he? From Aljazeera: Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead but Washington continues to use him as a bogeyman to justify a prolonged military occupation, an Iraqi Shia cleric...

Government bureaucracy moves slower than molasses in January. That kills people. The elected Democrats have an opportunity to change that right now if they could only agree to an immediate paradigm shift. I doubt they will, but...

Okay. This is a heads up. Of all of the questions and testimony I’ve heard this week at the confirmation hearings for John Roberts, Rep. John Lewis’s (D-Ga) statement today was the most touching and powerful. I was...

I need some feedback. As most of you know, I like live blogging – instant coverage of live political events. I started out over at dKos and have continued that tradition here. I believe it’s important to keep our...