April 24, 2006
One wouldn’t know it by reading any of America’s major dailies or by watching the people soon-to-be-replaced by Katie Couric on the CBS Evening News, but impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush have begun.
April 20, 2006
In Las Vegas, American culture’s monument to itself, when a new dealer takes the shoe or a new croupier the stick, it’s time for gamblers to check their bets. Will the mojo be upset? Is juju about to reign? It’s never an easy moment for those with their money on the line, and the house always has its own inscrutable plan for retaining the favorable odds.
April 6, 2006
As the President of the United States might put it, the Story of the Day was how Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) apologized for slapping the Capitol Police officer who detained her for attempting to enter a federal facility without passing through a metal detector or presenting identification as a member of Congress.
April 4, 2006
In a move curious for its relative lack of surprise, the Republican Party took Tom DeLay out to a lonely spot beyond K Street today, and put him out of our misery.