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the line-up…

Ex-Publisher’s Suit Plays a Giuliani-Kerik Angle Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed yesterday protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, the media conglomerate, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik after he had been nominated to become […]

ostrich politics…

Republicans Seek Retraction of Report on ‘Hidden’ War Costs Senior Republicans on Congress’s Joint Economic Committee called yesterday for the withdrawal of a report by the committee’s Democratic staff that argues that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost more than $1.5 trillion. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Rep. H. James Saxton (R-N.J.) attacked […]

nothing new under the sun…

I ran across this remarkable recording of a speech by Charles Lindberg made in September 1941. He was speaking out against the Roosevelt Administration and what he perceived to be their war-mongering to his organization, America First. It’s a lesson in history repeating itself, only this time, the sides are reversed. Lindberg believed a coalition […]

remarkable Hubris…

  Where Are the E-mails? Why is it taking White House officials so long to restore millions of deleted e-mails from the backup tapes they claim to have? The e-mails in question date from March 2003 to October 2005 – a crucial period that includes the Iraq invasion, a presidential election and Hurricane Katrina. White […]

recess appointments…

Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Bush Plans To Recess Appoint Him President Bush’s controversial Surgeon General nominee, Dr. James Holsinger, has resigned from the board of trustees of the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. From a seminary e-mail: From: Communication Office [at Asbury Seminary] To: ATS Info, Staff News, Faculty News Subject: Announcement from […]

the proof is in the results…

Putting faith in call for rain Service Tuesday gathers religious, political leaders to pray for precipitation, but not everyone buys into it. When you pray for rain, says Rockefeller "Rocky" Twyman, be specific. Earlier this month, the former Atlantan flew south from his Rockville, Md., home to help organize a prayer vigil and gospel concert […]

we’re only as sick as our secrets…

Iraq Document Kept From Hill In television interviews and press conferences, Gen. David Petraeus has described the Joint Campaign Plan as the key military and diplomatic strategy to stabilize Iraq. Developed by the “big brains” on the ground, Petraeus points to a “unified” effort with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker to achieve political and […]

and we go with the wind…

Bush To Give Keynote Address Honoring Federalist Society’s 25th Anniversary In 1982, conservative legal scholars such as Antonin Scalia and Robert Bork held the Federalist Society’s first National Student Symposium, launching an organization meant to advance the “rule of law.” This week, the organization will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a three-day convention, featuring speakers […]

Armitage returns…

Richard Armitage is back on the news [in response to the publication of Valerie Plame’s book]. Crooks and Liars has his Wolf Blitzer interview here and here. For review, he says he knew of Valerie Plame from a memo, one prepared by the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research [INR] on June 10, 2003 […]

it all started in high school…

Bolton Smears ElBaradei As Iran Apologist, Says ‘Even A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice A Day’ Two weeks ago, Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on CNN that an attack on Iran would “lead absolutely to disaster.” He added that there is no evidence of a “concrete, active nuclear […]