23 Articles

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Calendar vs Conditions
(1 comments) Should the US leave Iraq based on a calendar or based on conditions? McCain is flummoxed by the question.

Friday, July 11, 2008
The death knell for the Fourth Amendment
(1 comments) There was a national debate over FISA? Really? When? The blogs certainly paid the issue a lot of attention, but the traditional media just yawned.

Monday, June 23, 2008
McCain, Obama & the press corps
(3 comments) The press corps displays some very highly selective news coverage when it comes to covering McCain & Obama.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Senate Phase 2 report on misuse of available intel on Iraqi WMD
(1 comments) The Senate Intelligence Committee releases a long-awaited report on the intelligence information that went into the selling of the Iraq War. An especially hard look at how our local paper covered the report.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The value of mea culpas (Not much)
Admissions of erroneous and sloppy reporting are all very fine and well, but not if they don't lead to actual changes in reporting.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Bush Administration and the art of diplomacy
(1 comments) Bush Administration seems to have major problems conducting any sort of diplomacy. Some thoughts as to why.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Obama, McCain and Bush mix it up!
Obama insists on being a non-doormat Democrat. Republicans not sure how to respond.

Monday, May 12, 2008
Santorum's word choices
(2 comments) Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum makes some interesting word choices.

Monday, May 5, 2008
More scary stories on Iran from the NY Times
(6 comments) More scary, but uncorroborated, unverified reports lacking any hint of critical scrutiny from the NY Times.

Monday, April 28, 2008
Accomplishments?
So just what exactly DID either the Bush Administration or the press corps accomplish over the past 7+ years?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Armed Liberal's flawed argument
(3 comments) Argument from a libertarian examined. Is "counterinsurgency" as he defines it compatible with democracy?

Friday, April 18, 2008
The 16 April Obama-Clinton debate
The left blogosphere is in agreement, the debate was terrible, with far too many "gotcha" questions and far too few questions of substance.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
John McCain and foreign policy expertise
Does John McCain really have anything "in the bank" when it comes to foreign policy experience?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Douglas Feith coming out with book
(4 comments) Douglas Feith, "The [effing] stupidest guy on the planet" attempts to set us all straight on who lost Iraq. Hint: President Bush comes across as wisely and heroically struggling to make it all work.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Bush Administration on warrantless wiretapping
(1 comments) Bush Administration explains why they'd like to stomp all over your rights as a citizen. Why we shouldn't let them.

Saturday, February 23, 2008
The "Maverick" John McCain
(1 comments) Please don't anyone be under the impression that John McCain is a liberal at heart. He isn't.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Answer to D'Souza's defense of Bush's 935 lies
Dinesh D'Souza proves how masterfully heroic he is by tackling straw man

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Voter fraud: How big an issue?
(2 comments) Voter fraud seems from a liberal / Democratic perspective to be a non-issue, but right-wingers seem to be pretty upset about it.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Liberal blog demonstrates muscle
Looks like Daily Kos was able to exercise some muscle in the Michigan presidential primary!

Sunday, January 6, 2008
March on Joe Sestak's office
A march to our Congressman's office, with some surprises.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Proper punishments
How to punish lawbreaking telecom companies without disrupting the larger economy?

Friday, December 7, 2007
Response to Rick Santorum's proposal to spark revolution in Iran
Rick Santorum resurrects a really bad idea from the Reagan Administration, the notion that revolutions can be created at will.

Sunday, December 2, 2007
Why does the left blogosphere exist? Reasons #2,143,657 thru #2,143,659
(4 comments) In which I argue that the left blogosphere exists because the traditional media is simply not doing its job. What America needs is a still stronger, larger and better blogosphere.