Author: Steven D

The whole brouhaha that has erupted over the “Townhouse” email from Markos Moulitsas that was published by Jason Zengerle of The New Republic has been conflated by the right side of the blogosphere into some sort of...

Why is that my question? Because the the Times Online (UK) has reported today that Prime Minister al-Maliki wants a timetable for the withdrawal of US forces as part of a comprehensive peace settlement with the insurgents: The...

Not we, say the City of New York, the Port Authority and their contractors: Fifty-seven Ground Zero workers have died and thousands of others have been sickened by exposure to a noxious mix of chemicals released when the World...

Ken Blackwell is at it again. This time he has attempted to shut down voter registration drives by promulgating new rules that make it extremely burdensome to register new voters in thre State of Ohio: [T]he new rules and...

Four US soldiers are reported dead in Afghanistan today after al-Zawahiri posted a video calling for insurrection against US forces there. What’s more our “ally”, President Karzai is no longer issued a...