Politics

I checked out Huffington Post for the first time in a while today. We get this classic from a tech guy named Russel Shaw. And for sure, Nader voters, it’s not all your fault. By captaining an act that caused Americans to be paralyzed with fear and blindly follow an anti-choice leader that promised them [...]

Caption: REUTERS/Howard Yanes: A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a poster that portrays U.S. President George W. Bush as a devil during a march against terrorism in Caracas May 28, 2005. The U.S. rejected on Friday Venezuela’s first move to extradite a Cuban exile wanted for an airliner bombing, in a case that could [...]

Although the seven Republicans senators (McCain, DeWine, Snowe, Warner, Collins, Chafee and Graham) sold out the president, their party, and everyone who voted them in, they have assured themselves the label of “moderate Republican” from the New York Times for at least a year. The only thing resolved in this so-called “deal” is that if John [...]

Race has been changed from a qualifier to now being for statistical purposes only for Wisconsin’s DPI Precollege Scholarship Program. According to the new application instructions: “Effective July 1, 2005 the DPI Precollege Scholarship Program has changecd from awarding scholarships to minority students to offering scholarships to students who are eligible for free or [...]

Can anyone explain to me why last night’s cable news docket was filled with speculation about how jilted Georgia groom John Mason could possibly still want to marry Jennifer Wilbanks, the woman who faked her own kidnapping to run off for a Las Vegas sojourn? Mason put the engagement ring that Wilbanks left behind [...]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is not interested in a Democratic proposal to allow select judges an up or down vote in exchange for pulling other judges out of consideration. Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin said yesterday that a compromise could probably be reached if the Republicans were willing to drop the most objectionable [...]

John Bolton’s nomination to become the American ambassador to the United Nations is becoming the latest roller coaster ride in a string of contested confirmations. A Senate committee vote on Bolton’s nomination has already been postponed until May 12th, leading Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) to call the race “too close to call.” Whether or not [...]

When Dan Rather rode off into the sunset at CBS News, it was said that he’d still do a few stories every now and then. Last night was an all-star performance, as Rather sat down for some tips from some of America’s top poker players. (See the video here.) Dan Rather was [...]

He’s been the ambassador to Iraq, Mexico, Honduras, and the Philippines, as well as the United States’ representative at the United Nations. Now, John Negroponte heads into waters charted by none before him. Late this afternoon, the U.S. Senate confirmed Negroponte to be the first ever United States Director of National Intelligence. [...]

Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords (I-VT), the man who left the Republican Party in 2001 to break a tie and give the Democrats short-lived control of the Senate, will not run for re-election in 2006. Jeffords is expected to make an official announcement today in Burlington, Vermont. The 70 year-old Jeffords had previously stated that [...]