Just a heresay note: While we were in Boise last weekend, not one Idahoan mentioned Larry Craig while I was around. But my wife told me after we got back that it was apparently the topic of dinner conversation the night before we arrived, and the report was that most people there know that Larry […]
Burma’s Saffron Revolution: Goodbye, Generals Just because we can’t see protestors any longer doesn’t mean they aren’t there. The Burmese regime wants us to believe their claims that they have "restored normalcy" to the country. They want us to conclude that the repression was successful and that the resistance has been crushed. But that’s not […]
The more I think about, the better idea it becomes. Hell, he’s even making the campaign posters for us. Running against Limbaugh is probably more important than running against Rudy and the other Republican candidates!
I went away for the weekend thinking he’d get over it. But no, he’s gone out the top of the roof. Actually, it’s not a bad idea – Defeat Limbaugh in ’08…
Oral Roberts University President Says God Is Telling Him to Deny Allegations in Scandal The allegations are contained in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by three former professors. They sued ORU and Roberts, alleging they were wrongfully dismissed after reporting the school’s involvement in a local political race. Richard Roberts, according to the suit, asked a […]
Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. GoalReconciliation Seen Unattainable Amid Struggle for Power For much of this year, the U.S. military strategy in Iraq has sought to reduce violence so that politicians could bring about national reconciliation, but several top Iraqi leaders say they have lost faith in that broad goal. Iraqi leaders argue […]
On Torture and American Values Once upon a time, it was the United States that urged all nations to obey the letter and the spirit of international treaties and protect human rights and liberties. American leaders denounced secret prisons where people were held without charges, tortured and killed. And the people in much of the […]
An Exit Toward Soul-Searching As Bush Staffers Leave, Questions About Legacy Abound Foes assumed Rove’s resignation as deputy chief of staff was connected to his role in the U.S. attorney firings, but Rove scoffs at that notion. His critics assume all sorts of things he says are not true. "I’m the evil genius," he said, […]
Novak: Senate Conservatives Knew About Craig’s ‘Weird Conduct,’ ‘Didn’t Do Anything About It’ On Bloomberg Television today, right-wing pundit Robert Novak revealed that “sources in the Senate” have told him that Senate conservatives had prior knowledge about Sen. Larry Craig’s (R-ID) “problem” but intentionally kept it “in the closet”: “I have talked to several of […]
Scandal Brewing at Oral Roberts U. Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts’ university, or else he would be "called home." Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, […]