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Fitz Examines Cheney's Role in Plamegate

In a Bloomberg news piece that's entertainingly titled Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say (I love that "People Say" part...talk about your reportorial specificity), we're told …

Sojourners: Congress is ‘Morally Bankrupt'

Sojourners, an active Christian organization that supports a variety of social justice efforts, has announced a campaign to draw attention to the budget cutting that Congress is planning for October …

Bell Is Wrong Again

It's official. Jackson State football coach James Bell is an idiot. Throughout his reign of error, Bell has blamed members of the news media for his team's failures on the …

[Talking Head] Let's try this…

Next Sunday, I'm going to try something new: a weekly series of sorts, tentatively called "Talking Head," where I'll go through my mailbag in public. Generally that's an invitation to …

NYTimes Op-Ed Spells Out Plame Game ‘Team'

In an Op-Ed for the Sunday New York Times, columnist Frank Rich has the best explanation I've seen of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), the group of White House …

The Weekly Jerry Update Part Deux

So, this week Jerry thinks we should be able to hurt gay people and get away with it.

He is actively lobbying against a hate crime bill that would give homosexuals recourse if they are the victim of a crime related solely to their sexual orientation.

Why I Don't Read Beliefnet (Much) Anymore

Beliefnet still has its moments, but mostly it alternates between schmaltzy and toxic.

NYT's Big Judy Miller ‘Expose' on Web Site Today

Breaking Rank

Margaret Thatcher opposes the war in Iraq, and Miers can't count on her gender to win her support among feminists. It's a sad day for groupthink.

The War on the Media: Battle No. 1,039

Probe of White House's Black Columnist Expands

Taking on the Lefty-Hunters

PR Flack Posing As Soldier in Bush Photo-Op

ARTICLE: Civil rights pioneer dead at 63

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse …

ARTICLE: Fearless fighter for civil rights dead at 78

Political and social activist Cynthia DeLores Tucker, 78, died Oct. 12 of an undisclosed cause at the Suburban Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center in Norristown, Pa., leaving behind a legacy …

U.S. Bankruptcy AND Credit Card Rule Changes Coming

There's a rush of filings this week as the bankruptcy laws get considerably harsher next Monday, thanks to legislation passed last spring. The bill makes it more difficult for individuals …

Stunning Description of New Orleans in Salon

There's an amazing narrative description on New Orleans posted over at Salon. It's by a freelance writer, who went to see what had happened to his French Quarter home that …

When Conservatives are Too Liberal

George W. Bush and Haley Barbour are facing the fight of their political careers right now, but their fiercest critics aren't on the left. They're on the right.

Let me ask you one question…

What are we NOT paying attention to, right now?

A little innuendo with your evening cocktail

Is it legal to go to bed at 6pm? Because the thought had crossed my mind.

But, before I fall into a world heady with regret and Cherry Coke, I'd like to leave you with this little bit of wisdom