Citizens concerned about free speech and its shy cousin privacy should be saddened by the Bush administration's victory in its massive finishing expedition through queries submitted to search engines. The government, as alert BMG readers … [Read more...]
One Branch Not The Branch
The NYT notes today that, "This month, former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told an audience at Georgetown University that a judiciary afraid to stand up to elected officials can lead to dictatorship. Last month, speaking in South Africa, … [Read more...]
The blogger meets the Grey Lady
Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, otherwise known as "kos," is of course responsible for the most heavily-trafficked liberal blog on the internet. He was interviewed by the NY Times Magazine as part of the publicity blitz for his … [Read more...]
Dept. of Self-Correction: Menendez not done thinkin’
The National Journal's Hotline would seem to be right to correct one of our user posts which repeated the assertion that Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey is on board with Feingold's censure resolution. To be fair to the user, it seems his … [Read more...]
Expanding our Vocabulary
This week's study from Pew Research Center (conducted March 8-12), has a bunch of interesting charts and some good analysis. Along with pegging Bush's approval rating at 33%, it finds that the word most commonly used to describe Bush has … [Read more...]
Gettin’ Meta Over Censure…
Regarding bloggers talking about the politics of censure (click around Ben's post for more):Look, it's fun to play Karl Rove/James Carville, and suggest moves for the Dems to take. It's kind of like being a baseball fan: "The Sox … [Read more...]
You gotta love Republicans!
THREE-MINUTE UPDATE: Check the hell out of this ARG poll: Americans support censure 46%-44%. Closely divided? You bet. Opportunity for leadership? Absolutely. Also, Linc Chaffee won't rule out censure. That ought to go over well with the … [Read more...]
Greg Mitchell calls David Brooks’s bluff
David Brooks really must have no shame whatsoever. In today's NYT column (reg. req'd), Brooks piously proclaims that if only Don Rumsfeld had listened to those insightful observers in the punditocracy, maybe things wouldn't have … [Read more...]
Blowing through the backblog
Here are some quick hits on recent events that I haven't had a chance to bloviate about at length.The Herald reported yesterday that AG/Gov candidate Tom Reilly signed a confidentiality agreement with Big Dig contractor Bechtel Parsons … [Read more...]
Worldwide Political Failure
They had a lot to say, but it all came down to this consensus: The United States had forfeited its right to report on abuses committed by others by committing its own, failing to correct them, and then holding no one in authority … [Read more...]
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