Bush to discuss Vietnam’s legacy in speech on Iraq President Bush plans to argue today that a hasty "retreat" from Iraq would lead to the kinds of bloodbaths that followed U.S. withdrawals from Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s. In a speech he is to deliver here at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, […]
Everyone seems to want to figure out why Karl Rove resigned. What’s he got up his sleeve? Even the Washington Post‘s Dan Froomkin weighed in [Another Rove Fake-Out?]. He and others he quotes wonder if Rove’s recent attacks on Hillary are an attempt to solidify her as a candidate – the one they want to […]
Connect the Dots: Karl Rove’s Politics Uber Alles Strategy and the Utah Mine Disaster What makes Karl Rove’s politics uber alles strategy chilling is connecting the dots between it and the Utah mining disaster. Rove’s unprecedented use of federal assets for political gain, laid out in yesterday’s Washington Post, meant that every tool at his […]
do·min·ion [duh–min-yuhn] –noun 1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority. 2. rule; control; domination. 3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway. 4. lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control. 5. Government. a territory constituting a self-governing commonwealth and being one of a number of […]
Vick Agrees to Plea Deal for Dogfighting Charges Michael Vick, the star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, agreed Monday to plead guilty to dogfighting charges in a deal with federal prosecutors that will probably land him in prison while he is in the prime of his N.F.L. career. Michael Vick’s plea deal likely calls for […]
Cheney’s Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents Vice President Cheney’s office acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it has dozens of documents related to the administration’s warrantless surveillance program, but it signaled that it will resist efforts by congressional Democrats to obtain them. The disclosure by Cheney’s counsel, Shannen W. Coffin, came on the […]
Colorado Springs is a pretty town – home to the U.S.A. Olympic Training Center and the Air Force Academy. It’s a retirement town for a lot of military people. As you drive north across the high flat plain, the older city disappears and is replaced by a giant sea of new, subdivisions packed tightly on […]
Schlozman Leaves Justice Department Bradley Schlozman, a former Justice Department official who was at the center of the U.S. attorneys scandal and is under investigation by the Departments inspector general for his alleged efforts to politicize the Civil Rights Division, has finally left his post at the Department. After he left his position as the […]
Well, we’re just back from a two week jaunt through Colorado – truly a national treasure! The map shows where we went [click on a numbered red icon for a picture or two from each place]: Vail: The point of our trip [to Vail] was to get together with a group of our oldest friends […]
Spurning Criticism, Rove Blames Democrats During the last eight years, Karl Rove has been lionized and vilified, heralded as making the unlikely election victories of President Bush possible and impugned as reaching too high from an unusually powerful White House perch. In the eyes of his many detractors, he has helped to send the Bush […]