Here's the whole thing. An excerpt:Now, the president says he'll stick with Rumsfeld for the balance of his term in the White House.This is a mistake.It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has failed. But when … [Read more...]
Hey Herald: It’s a joke to you?
Here's a juxtaposition for you.Here's the Herald's typical blaring front page today:Compare with this: 103 American servicemen died in Iraq this month, the worst death figure since January 2005. That included two servicemen from … [Read more...]
Kerry’s Lemonade
Yeah, so John Kerry appparently botched his punchline about how being ignorant leads you to make stupid mistakes like getting into Iraq. Whatever.But I gotta say, I disagree with David about the proper approach going forward: "Apologize and … [Read more...]
Conversation with John Kerry
Charley on the MTA: The first question, I know you answered it outside, is about the campaign funds and Barney Frank gave up his 30% and Marty Meehan obviously has not yet, Ed Markey has not yet, so -JK: Well, I've been, I've done more than … [Read more...]
Interview with Barney Frank on Saint Kermit
Saint Kermit is Massachusetts' premier progressive political podcast. Each week the patron saint of green brings the progressive community compelling political disscussion, interviews with important figures from the fields of politics … [Read more...]
Nothing to Fear but the Bush Administration Itself…
Later today the Shrub will sign into law another bill designed to further erode our Nations' civil liberties and enhance the ability of our federal govenment to mislead and terrorize its own citizens. This one essentially eliminates … [Read more...]
The intel on Iraq: it’s as bad as you thought
The Senate Intelligence Committee has released a long-delayed report in which it concludes that, basically, there were no ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.As recently as two weeks ago, President Bush said at a news conference that … [Read more...]
Vennochi shines light on debate-evading Lynch
Here's our "honorable" congressthing explaining why he voted against the Mass. delegation and with the Republicans on the vote to "stay the course" in mid-June:The congressman traveled to Iraq five times since the US invasion. He said his … [Read more...]
Guerrilla Vlogger: AFL-CIO hosts John Edwards in Manchester, NH with oreos
Tula Connell asked an important question in her excellent Labor Day diary. If Unions are so great then why don't more people join them? Today this is what employers do when you try to start a union: 92% of private-sector employers, … [Read more...]
Israelis/US Army War College: War was a botch
Seems like the Give War A Chance strategy didn't work out so well:Scathing indictments of the way the Israeli government and its military have conducted the longest war in the nation's history filled the country's newspapers and airwaves … [Read more...]