Mayor Mike Bloomberg is stepping boldly into the Lower Manhattan development mess. The New York Times reports, and the lead local story in all papers is, that the Mayor has named 4 new people, all influential members of his administration, to the Lower Manhattan Development Board (LMDB). Governor George Pataki has responded in kind by [...]
It was not quite the victory that some polls were predicting . . . or perhaps imagining. But 20% is pretty substantial and Bloomberg has what can be called a mandate for the next four years. So what policy initiatives are on Bloomy’s mind? He is looking to reinvigorate and take more charge of the […]
Support for gay marriage closely follows age, a PollingPlace.com poll shows.
So, it seems clear to me that American society will someday look back on those fighting for their repressed definition of the word “marriage” with the same distaste that we now look back on those that fought against the civil rights movement. You’d think we’d […]
If Scooter Libby winds up in some cushy white-collar detention facility, he’ll have more time to do what he’s really passionate about: writing bad erotic fiction. And he’s got some company in the Family Values crowd. Lauren Collins writes in The New Yorker’s Talk of the Town,
Libby has a lot to live up […]
Janis Karpinski, former military police commander in charge of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq where US solders tortured prisoners, says the unlawful torture of Iraqi prisoners was ordered by Donald Rumsfeld and implemented by General Sanchez. She says she was scapegoated because she is a woman.
Watch the video on Democracy Now or […]
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Editor’s note: On Thursday morning, Harriet Miers, President Bush’s nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court, bowed to what had appeared an inevitable defeat. Bush announced that he had accepted the withdrawal of Miers, his chief White House counsel.
Excellent, must-watch presentation by Amy Goodman on independent media in a time of war, exposing our lack of one. Amy raises some interesting questions. If we had State-run media, how would it look any different? Did you know CNN has a different version of the news for the rest of the world, CNN vs. […]
Rawstory.com says both of the original leak sources that were identified during grand jury testimony are now cooperating with the Special Prosecutor. Both are members of Cheney’s staff.
“Late Monday, several sources familiar with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s probe said John Hannah, a key aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the architects […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that in conference call with conservative king-maker Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family and several judges and long-time friends of Miers, both judges confirmed that Miers would definitely vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The day before the president’s announcement of Miers’ nomination, Dobson called Karl Rove for an […]
From Zay N. Smith’s Chicago Sun-Times column today.
Bill McCormick, a Chicago reader, regarding a graphic at the Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, www.fema.gov/about/what.shtm, writes:
“All steps lead to disaster at FEMA. What brain trust thought this was a good graphic?”
Credit where credit is due. You may have stumbled onto the most truthful Web […]