Aug 26 - Aug 31, 2007
(Aug 31)
Some Blogger Reactions to the Pillorying of Larry Craig.
Inspector General Working on Gonzales Probe
Sen. Craig's Arrest: Was there Enough Evidence? (Updated)
(Aug 30)
Bathroom Blunder (Craig) Causes Conservatives to Compassionately Eat Their Own
Hurricane Katrina's Second Anniversary Compels Cynicism
(Aug 29)
TT #8 | 13 Differences Between the American and British Political Systems
The Cost of Health Care for the Seriously Ill: A Survivor Speaks to the Edwards Campaign.
Hypocrisy Bites: a Few Simple Rules for Imperfect Politicians (Updated)
(Aug 28)
It's The Hypocrisy, Stupid (Part 2). Another GOP Senator Embarrasses Himself and Others.
"I Would Prefer Not To." Ruth Marcus on Alberto Gonzalez.
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. Bloggers Say Farewell to Gonzalez.
(Aug 27)
John Edwards Tersely Comments on the Departure of Gonzalez.
Weekly Re-Cap | August 19 - 26, 2007
Aug 19 - Aug 25, 2007
(Aug 25)
(Aug 24)
Powerful Republican Urges Troop Pull-Out
(Aug 23)
President Changes Course and History on Same Day
White House Systematically Squelches Dissenters
T-13 #7: Examples of Shamefully Wasted Tax Dollars
(Aug 22)
Fox News Defends Giuliani When Is a Cigar Just a Cigar?
Iraqi Government Fails to Meet Bill O'Reilly's Deadline.
Senators' Trip to Iraq Results in Iffy Report
CIA Blames Old Boss for Not Stopping al Qaeda in 2001?
Romney: Rich Enough to Buy the Presidency?
(Aug 21)
Bob Schieffer, Veteran Newsman, Also Suspicious of Bush-Written Petraeus Report.
Cheney, Rove, & Co.: an Englishman's View.
Bush: Misses Another Subpoena Deadline
Why Should We Care if Rove is Strategizing?
(Aug 20)
Bloggers & MSM Journalists: Not Necessarily in Opposite Camps
Domestic Spying: Stretching Inches into Miles
Katrina Tax Breaks Go Toward Luxury Condos in Alabama
Censorship of Free Discussion at the BBC?
Weekly Re-Cap | August 11 - 19, 2007
Lady Liberty Punishes 'Lil George
(Aug 19)
In Florida: Gun Amnesty for Rocket Launcher.
Giuliani: America's Mayor and Leading Baseball Fan! (update)
Did Bush Use Tax Dollars to Campaign for Republicans? [Updated]
Krugman Argues Against Big-Government Bailout for Wall Streeters Losing $ via Mortgage Crisis
Aug 12 - Aug 18, 2007
(Aug 18)
U.S. Embassies: Still More Examples of Problems with Contractors
(Aug 17)
Fox Not-news Scrubbed Wikipedia
Re: Gonzales -- it's Not Just a Perjury Investigation Anymore
U.S. Allies Worried About Bush's Move Against Iran's Military
Has Our President Pissed Off China Too?
(Aug 16)
Iraq Report: Why the Hype about Petraeus?
Petraeus' Report to be Written by White House?
They're Letting Him (Gonzalez) Speed up Executions?
Giuliani Jabs Romney over Indicted Donor
(Aug 15)
White House Forgets Facts, History
T-13 #6: 13 Facts about the Constitution & Separation of Powers
And All This Time I Thought I Knew What Freedom Was (Re: Giuliani)
RNC Refused to Turn Over Subpoenaed Emails (For Now)
Are we Inching Closer to War with Iran? (Updated)
New Orleans Still Suffering After 2 Years & Billions of Tax Dollars?
(Aug 14)
Drycleaners Offer Deal in $54 Million Pants Lawsuit
ROVE TO RESIGN! [updated 8-14]
Annnd: The Award for the Tersest Response to Rove's Exit Goes to...John Edwards!
Karl Rove Resigns, Even the Gleeful Wonder Why
(Aug 13)
Weekly Re-Cap | August 6 - 12, 2007
The End of the Trail for Tommy Thompson....
(Aug 12)
Romney's Iowa Victory and What It Means.
W-nomics: Affirmative Action for Corporations (updated)?
In "Opus": Who are the people who answer these polls?
DailyKos Editors: We've Made Progress
Giuliani: Why Other Heroes of 911 Beg to Differ.
Aug 5 - Aug 11, 2007
(Aug 11)
President Bush v. 1: the Pathos of Parenting a President.
Damozel's Quote of the Week: Bush on Spending.
Did White House Speechwriter Wrongly Take Credit, and Why Would he Want to?
(Aug 10)
(Aug 9)
(Aug 8)
T13 #5 | Thirteen Political Flaps/Political Scandals.
FEMA: Is the Bush Administration Addicted to Failure?
Petraeus' Explanation re: the 190,000 Missing Weapons (w/Updated Blogger Comments)
A New and Different Alarming Threat from Climate Change
(Aug 7)
(Aug 6)
So, They Lost Thousands of Weapons in Iraq (Updated)
TIME: Why Bush Can't Get Afford to Rid of Gonzales.
(Aug 5)
Jul 29 - Aug 4, 2007
(Aug 4)
Senate Passes Bush's Wiretapping Bill (sigh)
Ann Althouse on a Legitimate Topic of Feminist Discourse.
How Goes the War? A (Literal) Outline of Current News and Opinion.
(Aug 3)
Wonkette: Russian political cartoons!
Quotes: An Important Fact About Bridges and Taxes.
Congress Gets Stuff Done Before Recess, Showdown with President Likely in September
FDA Faces Bipartisan Criticism Over Bureaucrats' Bonuses
Ohio Counties Lost or Destroyed Ballots, Despite Court Order
[UPDATED] Chris Dodd vs.Bill O'Reilly!; or Kos & Anti-Kos
(Aug 2)
Bush & House Republicans Bravely Stand by Private Insurance Companies (Updated).
Did the Administration Effectively Defend Gonzales or Dig a deeper Hole?
Today: Radio Interview re Outsourcing America's Intelligence (and National Security)
(Aug 1)
Thursday 13 #4---13 Quotes from H.L. Mencken.
The Latest Skeleton to Stagger Out of Gonzalez's Crypt? (Updated)
Joint Chiefs Nominee Mullen Sort-of Talks about Troop Withdrawal
House Ethics & Lobbying Reforms Still Must Pass Senate
(Jul 31)
FBI and IRS Raid Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' House
FBI Let 4 Innocent Men Got to Prison: Justice Department Argued it was Okay?
(Jul 30)
Quotes: A "Sane Conservative" Lambastes Cheney.
Who Will Defend Gonzalez? Fox News: "We Had No Takers."
updated: [Formerly] Secret Operations in Turkey! Progress or "Progress" in Iraq!
Joe Biden Takes on Giuliani....
Gonzales' Questionable Candor and Character (Updated))
Hoping for More Careful Analysis of Polling Data
Weekly Re-Cap | July 22 - 28, 2007
Contractors Offering Bribes & Kickbacks to Army Personnel?
Can this Coalition be Saved? Brown and Bush "Seek to Establish Rapport."
"It's All About the Price of Oil."
(Jul 29)
Let's Try to Make Political Discourse More Civil, Shall We?
Attacking Healthcare Experts: When will Bush's Spokespeople Learn?
Jul 22 - Jul 28, 2007
(Jul 28)
Cleavagegate Part 2: Let's Just Get All of This Out of Our Systems Now.
(Jul 27)
Approval Ratings: What Do the Numbers Mean? (Updated)
Gotta Hate Those Performance Evaluations
Senators Call for Perjury Investigation as More Officials Contradict Gonzales
Senate Panel Subpoenas Karl Rove & Other White House Staffer
(Jul 26)
(Jul 25)
13 Politicians (Both Parties) Who Did at Least 1 Good Thing (T13 #3)
Cleavagegate: Hillary Clinton Rocks the Internets (and her V-Neck).
President Unwisely Plays bin Laden Card Again
(Jul 24)
Cindy Sheehan Needs A New Hobby.
Congress Steps Closer to Constitutional Shoot Out with Bush
Did Bush Politicize the Diplomatic Corps, and is that Illegal?
(Jul 23)
Is Better Education at Home Part of the Solution to Anti-Americanism Abroad?
BN-Politics' Review of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
Annoying Former Antiwar/Current Impeachment Activist Challenges Pelosi as Promised
Job Outsourcing: Congress Should Finally Fix the Problem
Weekly Re-Cap | July 15 - 21, 2007
How the DoD Flushes "Tax Dollars" Down the Latrine
(Jul 22)
"Executive Privilege" vs. "Contempt of Congress" Cage Match!
"Signgate" in Perspective (The Moderate Voice)
Meanwhile, in the UK, One of the Iraq Commission Chairs Offers the PM This Guidance...
Jul 15 - Jul 21, 2007
(Jul 21)
Is Reid to Blame for Polarizing Congress on Iraq?
Pentagon Aide Dodges Questions and Flips Off Senator
Bush Exercises Executive Privilege & Middle Finger, Likely Scarring Republican Party
(Jul 20)
15 Highly Germane & Timely Quotes from Mark Twain, on Patriotism and Other Matters.
(Jul 19)
John Stewart, back from vacation, considers Vitter's trip to "Sorrytown."
Bush is Right: Let's Not Provide Insurance for Poor Children at the Expense of Private Insurers!
(Jul 18)
13 Quotes from the Founding Fathers (T13 #2)
[Elizabeth] Edwards for President! (The Salon Interview).
Jack Balkin on "Constitutional Hardball" within the Bush Administration.
How Secretive is the Bush Administration Really? (Glenn Greenwald vs. Fred Hiatt)
(Jul 17)
Olbermann: Chertoff's Internal Terror Alerts.
(Jul 16)
Cockney Robin Deconstructs William Kristol's "Why Bush Will be a Success."
Senator Voinovich to Rove: Think of the Young Man's Legacy!
UPDATED/REPUBLISHED. Mormon Cosmology: The Cartoon, a Response, and My Own Take on the Controversy.
Mr. Putin Rips Up a Treaty. How Worried Should You Be?
Note to Congress and Especially to My Fellow Democrats: There are No Easy Paths Out of Iraq.
(Jul 15)
A terrible reckoning is coming! What would Opus Do?
Harriet Miers: The Empty Chair Defendant.
Caught in the Crossfire at Justice
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Gordon Brown and the US
Jul 8 - Jul 14, 2007
(Jul 13)
"We Are Not Amused." BBC Apologises to the Queen.
(Jul 12)
For Giuliani, Does Illegal Corporate Friendliness Begin at Home?
(Jul 11)
13 of Our Favorite Posts by Political Satirist (and Sensible Conservative) Jon Swift. (T13 #1)
The Muzzling of Carmona: Other Reactions.
Ex-Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona: "Muzzled." (Updated!)
(Jul 10)
Blistering Attack on the Department of Justice by Veteran U.S. Attorney.
Government Accountability in China: The Death of a Food Regulator.
(Jul 9)
Putting My Mind at Ease About Fred Thompson
Stephen Colbert: Profiles in Timing
Whither Cindy Sheehan? From Antiwar Icon to Pelosi-Baiter. How? Also: Why?
(Jul 8)
The Bush Administration to Congress: "Probe This ." Who will prevail?
At Salon, by Bloom County's Berkeley Breathed: Opus's Dream Candidate!
An American Democrat's Secret Crush on Britain's Conservative Leader, David Cameron.
Jul 1 - Jul 7, 2007
(Jul 7)
Iraq: Yet Another Surge of Deaths and Injuries
Lieberman Re-Announces that He May Support a Republican in '08
(Jul 6)
Bush's Clemency Record, Mockery of Woman on Death Row
Thompson -- As Morality-Free as Bush?
Threats to Doctors: Was it Pranksters, Patients, or Peeved Biotech Investors?
Embassy in Iraq: Waste, Bad Planning and Contractor Fraud?
Fourth Senior (Loyal) Republican Opposes Bush's Iraq-War Strategy
(Jul 5)
Olbermann Lists Six Years of Sins, Asks Bush & Cheney to Resign
(Jul 4)
Conservative Paper Cites Clinton to Criticize Bush
Wars, Current Leaders, and Founding Fathers
How Just is our Justice Department?
(Jul 3)
A Swift Solution to Bush's PR Problems.
The Legal Experts Weigh in on the Libby Pardon and Scooter Libby's Very Special Treatment.
Did DoJ Official (Kyle Sampson) Lie to Congress re: U.S. Attorneys?
Whistleblower Talks about Wiretapping and...
Iran: Did our Media Learn Nothing from Iraq?
Perhaps Al Qaeda Not involved in London Bombings
Conservative Andrew Sullivan on The Libby Pardon.
(Jul 2)
Pardon This: Bush Rescues Libby from "Excessive" Prison Term.
Update: Fired U.S. Attorney Scandal
All Along the Watchtower: Notes from Around the Blogosphere
Enforcing Subpoenas: Congress Takes Next Step
The Threat of Terrorism in the UK.
Secret Terrorist Report Could Have Helped Brits?
London Foiled-Bombing Arrests: Many Unanswered Questions
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