George Lakoff makes a useful contribution to the current U.S. politicaldebate by applying the linguistic understanding of frames ("mentalstructures that shape the way we see the world") to the strugglebetween Democrats and … [Read more...]

Dan Kennedy has dug out some of Armstrong Williams' old columns to see whether the $240,000 he was taking from the Department of Education might have had just the teensiest effect on what he was writing.  The results are, in a word, … [Read more...]

This article from Washington Monthly is a great read.  It's an eye-opening look at how a douchebag of liberty like Robert Novak has managed to commit a truly disgraceful and unpatriotic act -- publicly disclosing the name of an … [Read more...]

The good that is being done isn't represented adequately in the sterilepercentage of one's GNP. The Center for Global Development recentlydocumented how one American firm has been working with the World Banksince 1990 to eliminate river … [Read more...]

Adelman admits the U.S. is a miser when government development assistance is considered. The U.S., she writes, "comesin last among industrialized nations in terms of aid as a percentage ofnational income." However, she says, the … [Read more...]

A quick back and forth with Jeremiah Norris of the Hudson Institute in which he repeats his boss Carol Adelaman's argument that the money immigrants send back to their families is a form of foreign aid, and therefore the U.S. is a generous … [Read more...]

I was wondering why my post on Armstrong Williams' somewhat incoherent column on the Supreme Court was generating so much interest today -- frankly, I had never heard of the guy before I read his column and decided to blog about it.Then I … [Read more...]

The NY Daily News reports here that VP (and, alas, VP-elect) Dick Cheney has selected the song "Let the Eagle Soar," by outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft, to be performed at his inauguration.  If you've never seen the … [Read more...]

Josh Marshall has the full text of the leaked memo from Karl Rove's deputy regarding the administration's strategy to destroy Social Security.  It's all scary, but the scariest part is the paragraph on tactics:Our strategy will … [Read more...]

Gonzales promises non-torture policy. ["Well why the hell did I nominate him, then?"]Tune in tomorrow to watch the fur fly. He may get confirmed anyway (a forgone conclusion, according to many Dems). It's yet more kryptonite to … [Read more...]