US Treasury Secretary John Snow has warned China that it should abandon the practice of "pegging" its currency to the US dollar.  Snow's statement is here, and the full report to Congress is here.Co-blogger Bob has remarked … [Read more...]

Western MA blogger and religious right expert Frederick Clarkson will be on NPR's excellent interview show "Fresh Air" tomorrow (Wednesday).  Locally, you can hear the show at 3 pm on WBUR (90.9 FM).  Congrats, … [Read more...]

Ok, so I've been lost in the wilds of the comments section from an older post, going back and forth  about global warming with a fellow named Brian, a chemist from Ole Miss. He's tough ... but I'm still pretty sure I'm right. :) … [Read more...]

I have to say, I don't know why it's so important for conservatives who don't work for GM or ExxonMobil to take up the anti-science position on global warming. I mean, what's in it for them? Why do they have a dog in that fight at all, … [Read more...]

American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Norman Ornstein has this excellent column on what a disaster invoking the nucular option would be for the future operation of the Senate (hat tip: HB).  The AEI is a very conservative … [Read more...]

A secret British intelligence briefing memo, apparently leaked to the British press by disaffected staffers trying to embarrass Tony Blair before the upcoming elections, shows that US planning for the Iraq war was in a highly advanced state … [Read more...]

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Republicans could not have won as many elections as they have won lately if they were just the party of the religious right, nor if they were just the party of the corporate elite (i.e., the rich).  They have to be both.  And the … [Read more...]

The NY Times very helpfully printed out the House ethics rules today, along with more on DeLay's latest Abramoff bombshells. (It's a carpet-bombing, at this point.) Let's just put two and two together, and agree that it makes four:The … [Read more...]

Dear folks: After last night's Nuclear Hootenanny, Senators really need to hear some phone calls on this issue, especially (but not only) if you live in NH, ME, and RI. And don't get complacent: The Dems need to hear from you, too. In his … [Read more...]