Monthly Archives: June 2005

Bush graffiti has been popping up all around Memphis recently. There are a couple variations. I’m told one of them just says “liar.” The version below is the only one like it I’ve seen; it’s just a few blocks from … Continue reading →

This Sunday, one of Tim Russert’s guests will be Bono, co-founder of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) and spokesman for the ONE campaign. Viewers can submit a question for the program’s guests using this online form. Below are two questions … Continue reading →

In my recent profile of the Mike Beebe campaign, I praised Beebe for returning $250,000 to campaign contributors who donated to his 2002 bid for Attorney General, a contest in which he ran unopposed. I hedged my praise thusly: “Perhaps … Continue reading →

Blake at Nashville Files writes about today’s Supreme Court ruling, holding that the government can seize your property and hand it over to another private interest. We ought to throw a party for the justices on the Supreme Court. A … Continue reading →

Says Reuters: The U.S. Air Force Academy failed to accommodate minority beliefs but there is no overt religious discrimination at the college, an Air Force report on the religious climate at the institution said on Wednesday. Nevertheless, these clowns are … Continue reading →

Making good on his promise to exploit, for political gain, the tragic story of a disabled woman who was starved to death, “We’re going to use Terri Schiavo later on,” Democrat chairman Howard Dean recently had this to say: “[Republicans] … Continue reading →

Bush has often said he wouldn’t “negotiate with [himself]” on Social Security reform. Well, so much for that. Without private accounts, here’s what’s left: higher taxes, fewer benefits, or both. But, hey, at least we “fixed” Social Security, right? Yippee.

One week ago it was a satire. Today it is a reality.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean says: “I will not be lectured about morals by Tom Delay and Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly.” Meanwhile, Dean’s party is out protesting and filibustering John Bolton’s nomination to represent the U.S. at the U.N. So … Continue reading →

Senator Byrd has written a book and says he’s really, really sorry about that whole KKK thing. That is, he’s sorry for the two years he acknowledges: Byrd wrote that he continued as a “Kleagle” recruiting for the Klan until … Continue reading →