In what should be viewed as an open outrage, U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie has announced that his office had awarded a windfall contract of $52 million to the firm of his former boss, John Ashcroft. The contract is highly unusual on a number of points — and should be the subject of a congressional investigation. Continue reading “John Ashcroft’s Firm Given $52 Million Contract for 18 Months of Work — By His Former Subordinate”
Category: Politics
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has accused President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Karl Rove of knowingly misleading him on the leaking of the name of Valerie Plame. Continue reading “Former White House Spokesman Accuses President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Karl Rove of Passing Along False Information on Plame Affair”
In what is likely to be one of the most important rulings of this term, the Supreme Court has taken up the D.C. hand-gun case. Continue reading “Supreme Court Takes the Parker Case and Will Interpret the Meaning of the Second Amendment”
When religion becomes fair game; If candidates can court the faithful, they should be willing to answer questions of faith as well. Continue reading “When Religion Becomes Fair Game: If Presidential Candidates Court the Faithful They Should Also Answer Questions of Faith”
A nobel-winning panel issued a report that global change is now so “severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action” can prevent global disaster. Continue reading “Nobel-Winning Panel Calls for Urgent Action on Global Warming to Avoid Disaster”
President Bush’s nominee for the Fourth Circuit is in trouble. E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. is being sued for defamation stemming from an appeal dismissed for malpractice. Continue reading “Bush Nominee for the Fourth Circuit — Duncan Getchell, Jr. — Sued for Defamation”
Two-thirds of NYU students polled said that they would give up their right to vote for a year’s tuition and twenty percent would sell for an IPod. Continue reading “NYU Students Overwhelmingly Would Sell Their Vote for as Little as an IPOD”
Given the controversy over the use of carbon monoxide in beef, this prior column on the hold of the meat industry over government policy may be of interest: Continue reading “The Beef People: The Creekstone Controversy and the Bush Administration’s Effort to Prevent Private Testing of Meat Products”
The Democratic plan for improving civil liberties protections in national security surveillance programs has been criticized as facially weak, but it appears too much protection for Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “Mukasey Starts Service as AG By Opposing Civil Liberties Reforms in Surveillance”
The controversy over the planted questions by the Clinton campaign appears to be deepening. Continue reading “Planted Question Controversy: Students Says Clinton Campaign Official Had List of Prepared Questions”
The costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion, according to a new report by Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Continue reading “War Bill: $1.6 trillion or $20,900 per family”
Candidates love Veteran’s Day. It is hard to blow a speech about veterans, then again . . . Continue reading “Video of Falling Flags: Clinton’s Not-So-Good Veteran’s Day Photo Op”
Corruption in Alaska has always been an open secret, particularly with continual allegations surrounding Sen. Ted Stevens and his family. Now, the federal government has released secret tapes showing how crude and open this corruption is in the state capitol. Continue reading “Former GOP Speaker of Alaskan House Said He Would “Sell Soul” to Make Oil Companies Happy”
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has decided to take action on the Southeaster drought: he will lead a mass prayer for rain. Continue reading “Georgia Governor Takes Action on Drought: Organizes Mass Prayer for Rain”
After the great controversy over the faked FEMA presser, one would think that no one would take the lesson that planted questions are a useful thing for public officials. However, the Clinton campaign has admitted that it did plant at least one question in Iowa about global warming. Continue reading “Learning from FEMA? Clinton Campaign Uses Plant at Event”