There's been lots of yakkity-yak, here and elsewhere, about whether Karl Rove (or anyone else who leaked Valerie Plame's CIA identity to the press) has really committed a crime. I'd say 99.8% of the discussion (including my own) has … [Read more...]
Rick Santorum has apparently gone insane
Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), when asked if he stands by his three-year-old remarks linking the clergy sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church to the supposedly pervasively liberal attitudes in Massachusetts, had this to say, according to … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick chats up Blue Mass. Group – film at 11
He promised us 10 minutes. He gave us 30. Charley, Bob and I just got off a fascinating and wide-ranging conference call with Mass. Gov candidate Deval Patrick. We talked housing, health care, construction, political … [Read more...]
Continuing with our all-Deval coverage
I started by asking why Deval was bothering to reach out so directly to folks like us. He responded that he is consciously running "a different kind of campaign." He said that he has seen many good people give up on … [Read more...]
Google News blows off the blogs
For a while our posts were getting picked up on Google News. Which was pretty cool - it brought in readers we wouldn't otherwise get, plus we got to see our posts next to the New York Times or some other august media corporation when … [Read more...]
Judith Miller explains why she is, and should be, in jail
Judith Miller had this to say before being shackled and taken to a D.C.-area federal prison this evening:The freest and fairest societies are not only those with independent judiciaries, but those with an independent press that works every … [Read more...]
The NYT’s flawed defense of Judith Miller
Today's entire NY Times editorial page is devoted to a lengthy (yawn) defense of Judith Miller's right to keep her sources confidential and a variety of attacks on the Novak-Plame-gate special prosecutor, other news organizations … [Read more...]
I agree with President Bush! Hell freezes over!
Regular readers will be well aware that I am not exactly a big W fan. But I have to give him credit for his recent comments regarding the process of selecting and confirming Justice O'Connor's successor on the Supreme Court. His … [Read more...]
Novak-Plame-gate reporters part ways
Judith Miller is off to jail. Matthew Cooper is off to testify to the Novak-Plame-gate grand jury.Cooper told the court today that he received "in somewhat dramatic fashion" a personal communication from his source relieving … [Read more...]
Some wise words from a religious leader
The issue of gay marriage in particular, and homosexuality in general, continues to sow deep divisions among Protestant denominations. The Episcopal Church's near-schism over the ordination of the openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of … [Read more...]
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