Disgraced Rove aide named top lobbyist for Focus on the Family By Wendy Norris Being a serial plagiarist may no longer be the professional equivalent of a hair shirt. Look at Vice President Joe Biden. Good thing for ex-Bush administration political operative Tim Goeglein too. He’s been named the top Washington, D.C., lobbyist for Focus […]
Is Reaching Out Futile? By Dan Froomkin Washington Post January 26, 2009 … Obama is expected to attend Republican caucus meetings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Whether there’s movement on either or both sides after that should be telling. As Laura Litvan writes for Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama proved he could win over Republican voters. […]
Will Obama Save Liberalism? By WILLIAM KRISTOLJanuary 25, 2009 All good things must come to an end. Jan. 20, 2009, marked the end of a conservative era… It’s a good piece. A thoughtful piece. I’d recommend reading it, but the punchline is at the end… This is William Kristol’s last column. I’m not so sure […]
Bad Faith Economics By PAUL KRUGMAN January 25, 2009 As the debate over President Obama’s economic stimulus plan gets under way, one thing is certain: many of the plan’s opponents aren’t arguing in good faith. Conservatives really, really don’t want to see a second New Deal, and they certainly don’t want to see government activism […]
I saw Frost/Nixon tonight. It was pretty powerful. Well acted, well directed [by Opie]. It didn’t take long to begin to experience the actors as their characters – and begin to remember. He took office in 1969 while I was doing an intensive piece of my medical training. In March 1968, Martin Luther King […]
My last post rambled from place to place, as out of control as our economy. Here’s what I was trying to say. It’s an ‘opinion piece’ though I have no credentials to have an opinion. The Securities Exchanges and the Commodities Markets have a time honored place in a bartering economy, moving the ancient […]
This is the first article I’ve seen describing what President Obama’s team has in mind for reforming the Financial Industry. Obama Plans Fast Action to Tighten Financial Rules By STEPHEN LABATON New York Times January 24, 2009 The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation’s financial regulatory system. Officials say they will […]
Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex accusations By ERIC GORSKI The Associated Press Saturday, January 24, 2009 Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard’s former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard _ a revelation that comes […]
The first time I noticed it was in 2003-2004 when Kerry was beginning to run for President. Somehow the topic of his Viet Nam medals came up. A guy in the conversation said knowingly, "You know, they gave out those medals to everyone over there. Some people have drawers full of them." Well I didn’t […]