Leading Historians Call For Cancellation of "Fraudulent" ABC 9/11 Docudrama Dear Robert Iger: We write as professional historians, who are deeply concerned by the continuing reports about ABC’s scheduled broadcast of "The Path to 9/11." These reports document that this drama contains numerous flagrant falsehoods about critical events in recent American history. The key participants […]
I just looked at the news and blog comments about the "Path to 911" movie, and I got to say, I’m confused. I’m not confused about the Director being part of a Religious Right mission to do something not so up front in Hollywood. That part seems clear enough. I’m not so confused about the […]
JOHN BOLTON CONFIRMATION IS DEAD But President Bush can still reappoint him during Congressional recess like he did last time…
Well, it seems that I was wrong as rain. What was I wrong about, you ask? Bush being a terrible President? No, not that. Something else… For the last couple of days, I’ve been worrying that the blogsphere was falling in a trap, going so hog-wild about this "Path to 911" movie and its distorted […]
Senate report: No Saddam, al-Qaida link WASHINGTON – There’s no evidence Saddam Hussein had ties with al-Qaida, according to a Senate report issued Friday on prewar intelligence that Democrats say undercuts President Bush’s justification for invading Iraq. Bush administration officials have insisted on a link between the Iraqi regime and terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. […]
Josh Marshall points to an Atlantic Monthly article, Endgaming the Terror War, that I’d missed. It’s an interview of one of their interviewers, James Fallows. Often, blog posts summarize articles, quoting a few things to get at the heart of the piece. I expect I’ll come back in a bit after digesting this one and […]
While not personally a member of the "faith" community, I’ve been uncomfortable with it’s absence in the American dialogue. It’s been essentially out of the loop, or at least out of my loop, since the Religious Right turned it into a political lobby and hate group. I’ve wondered why right-thinking Christians have put up with […]
Bipartisanship: Warrantless Wiretapping, No Says Senate, Eavesdropping Bill Stalls in Committee – two reports on Specter’s bill that would legitimize the Unwaranted N.S.A. Wiretapping send good news. The bill hasn’t made it out of committee. Kudos to Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, who stopped it cold today. It’s great to read that the good fight goes […]
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. The Hollow Men – T. S. Eliot (1925) I was looking up CBS News to let them know I wasn’t going to be watching Katie Couric anymore. […]
It’s probably silly to even include this man, but he is kind of amazing to watch. He obviously has thought a great deal about what he’s saying. I bet he doesn’t do Sudoku. I still don’t know why he pickets funerals, or what he means by “Semper Fi Fags.” Apocolyptic Crackpot-ism is pretty common among […]