Month: October 2007

‘Politics’ is made up of two words, ‘poli,’ which is Greek for ‘many,’ and ‘tics,’ which are blood-sucking insects. – Gore Vidal Don’t we need one today, as...

The Hill reports on something that I thought probably would not happen. The senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Thad Cochran, will soon announce whether he will retire from the upper chamber, a decision...

I talked to a veteran soldier recently, and he confirmed for me that the following story is true: A soldier told one of the prisoners to jump off the bridge to the rocks 50 feet below. The prisoner refused, so the soldier shot...

A must read from a recovering journalist.  This is a priceless confession about the run up to the war: It hit me hard and I knew why. I remembered the story that resulted from that last appointment. I was assigned to write...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlarge I do not get it. Back during the first go-around with the Iraq war, it is clear Congress was lied to – we all were. They should have...