Closing of College Shadows Candidate for Governor  By SAM DILLON; JIM RUTENBERG CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FROM NEW YORK FOR THIS ARTICLE. (NYT) 1246 wordsPublished: November 17, 2005In the days since William F. Weld left Decker College … [Read more...]

This morning on Meet the Press, Tim Russert showed some barely-concealed anger about the way that the federal government has completely forsaken the city of New Orleans, mentioning a number of articles about the pathetic state of … [Read more...]

Samuel Alito told the Senate <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051206/ap_on_go_co/alito_2">he'd recuse himself from cases involving Vanguard investment management. He then did not do so in 2002. So who should be afraid? Whispers … [Read more...]

This fall, ActBlue held an online poll, which was publicized on popular blue political blogs such as Daily Kos and MyDD, to ask which states people wanted them to start with.  The results: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, and … [Read more...]

Bush, speaking November 19 to the troops in Korea: "You're serving the cause of liberty on distant frontiers, and I bring a message from home: Your Commander-in-Chief is proud of you, and so is the American people." … [Read more...]

Bush, speaking November 19 to the troops in Korea: "You're serving the cause of liberty on distant frontiers, and I bring a message from home: Your Commander-in-Chief is proud of you, and so is the American people." … [Read more...]

Here it is!Thanks to Oliver Willis. … [Read more...]

Mike Wallace was on WBUR's On Point this morning. You simply must hear the one question that he would ask George Bush. I won't transcribe it, but start listening to the clip at about 27:30.Not so much a question as a complete demolition, … [Read more...]

W., who already holds the record for most vacation days ever taken by a President, is closing on a full year of R&R as the death toll in Iraq mounts, according to Harper's. The well-informed readers of Blue Mass. Group will no doubt … [Read more...]

U.S. to draw down troop levels:President Bush will give a major speech Wednesday at the U.S. NavalAcademy in which aides say he is expected to proclaim the improvedreadiness of Iraqi troops, which he has identified as the key conditionfor … [Read more...]