Sanford met in Atlanta after returning from South America Update: Sanford admits affair Jun. 24, 2009 The State By GINA SMITH ATLANTA | Gov. Mark Sanford arrived in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday morning, having wrapped up a seven-day visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, he said. Sanford’s whereabouts had been unknown since Thursday, and […]
I got to say, that was one amazing Press Conference. I was watching the "twitter feed" from South Carolina alongside of it. It said things like: Was it a woman? Did he say a friend or a woman? I didn’t hear him say woman… Then friend Al walked in with a stunned look on his […]
Sources Question Governor’s Story Gov. Mark Sanford Says He Disappeared To Go Hiking June 23, 2009 GREENVILLE, S.C. — WYFF News 4 has received exclusive information from sources who say they have information about Gov. Mark Sanford’s whereabouts during a mysterious absence over the past several days. Sanford’s wife Jenny said she last talked to […]
Cindy [Ensign’s Affair] and Darlene [Ensign’s Wife] were apparently high school friends. I suppose the point here isn’t exactly about his tastes in women, but something a bit more substantive. If the information so far is to be trusted, John Ensign has had three affairs, all the while living in a house in Washington on […]
I don’t understand what’s happening in Iran. I doubt that any of us do. All we’ve seen of the country previously is Ahmadinejad. All we’ve heard is the obviously simplified and distorted version from the Bush Axis of Evil lunatics. I’m not even sure I understand much about their government – how the Theocracy and […]
My friends tease me about my "theories." It’s kind of a hobby, piddling with theories to see if they fit. And one of my favorite theories of all time in the Group Theory of Wilfrid Bion [or at least my version of it]. The part I resonate with has to do with the formation of […]
Hoping for Audacity by Drew Westen Psychologist and Neuroscientist Emory University Professor June 22, 2009 Drew Weston is a colleague of mine and one of my favorite political writers. His book [The Political Brain] and the books of George Lakoff [The Political Mind] have, in my opinion, been the antedote to the madness of the […]
Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq The Observer 21 June 2009 A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue for the official inquiry […]
No, I’m not going to post the video of the death of Neda, the 26 year old Iranian girl shot as she watched the protesters in the streets of Tehran. But it reminds me of the personal impact of the deaths of the four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street church in Birmingham, […]
I feel a bit awkward pretending to do a book review of Gellman’s book, "Angler," but I find the version of Jim Comey’s story that climaxed in John Ashcroft’s hospital room incredibly moving. Even Bush comes off looking like a decent person – actually looking uncharacteristically like a President. Why he didn’t, at that point, […]