May 2, 2006
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Don’t they? And there’s a picture of Stephen Colbert being watched by George W. Bush as the former gave his remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner in the nation’s capital this past Saturday, but more on that, later.
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 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.
February 28, 2006
Seven peace activists were arrested and charged with a federal misdemeanor for demonstrating without a permit in front of the White House yesterday.
January 31, 2006
The State of the Union — if, by Union we mean that confederation of interests and outlooks joined together more than two centuries ago to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — is not nearly as good as the President assured the assembled members of Congress and an increasingly disapproving public tonight.
January 18, 2006
The big dawgs of the American political and social frontier are frantically marking their territories now; it shan’t be long before their growling turns to barking in earnest and the fur begins to fly.
December 20, 2005
For reasons known only to themselves, many of the nation’s 100 senators remained in Washington, DC yesterday evening, ostensibly going about the business of the Legislative branch, while their counterparts in the House of Representatives adjourned for the year. After the winter recess, one might reasonably question why any of them should bother returning for the 2nd session of the 109th Congress, given that President George W. Bush has effectively rendered their work meaningless.
November 19, 2005
No one can reasonably doubt now, can they, the wheels are truly off the adventure in Iraq.
November 2, 2005
Giving once more the lie to his Campaign 2000 pledge to be “a uniter, not a divider,” President George W. Bush has named Judge Samuel J. Alito, Jr. of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals his newest nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the United States Supreme Court.
October 26, 2005
2000 American troops have died in Iraq.