October 8, 2005
And Now For Something Completely Different
Could you name the most brilliant man or woman you’ve ever met?
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July 20, 2005
Much Ado
President Bush has named his first appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court, The Hon. John G. Roberts, of Washington, D.C. Widely hailed as a thoughtful, intelligent man, with a distinguished pedigree in Law and a record of exemplary practice both before and above the Bar, Mr. Roberts would appear to be a shoo-in for confirmation in the current climate.
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July 18, 2005
Show’s Over, Move Along Now
During the slow-motion unfolding of Karl Rove’s connection to the original smear campaign against former Ambassador Joseph Wilson –that he got his assignment because of his wife– I’ve wondered why it never seemed to matter.
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July 6, 2005
Contempt of a Nation
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Judith Miller left a Federal Courthouse today in handcuffs, bound for a stint in a minimum security institution for the crime of contempt of court. Weeks ago, she’d been ordered to testify before a Grand Jury investigating the Summer of ’03’s outing of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame by anonymous officials of the Bush administration, and was finally jailed for refusing to identify her confidential sources in a story she never even wrote about.
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July 1, 2005
It’s Showtime Now
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor resigned today after 24 years of service adjudicating the Law of the Land for the United States Supreme Court. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981, she cast the deciding vote in 13 of 15 decisions handed down by 5-4 majorities during her term, and is seen by many to have been the crucial centerweight between the uber-reactionary Scalia/Thomas wing of the court, and the activist, secular liberalism of John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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March 23, 2005
The Man With The Plan
Even his most ardent supporters would hardly place George W. Bush among History’s original thinkers.
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January 30, 2005
The Purple Badge Of Freedom
When they write the History of the 21st Century, George W. Bush and his Presidency will not be ignored. At least that much is true.
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January 16, 2005
Where We Stand Today
Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends.
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November 28, 2004
Getting Better All The Time
The British statesman Leonard Henry Courtney noted in 1895,
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November 3, 2004
The Horror, The Horror
America no longer has a Bible Belt.
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