3 out of 4 aren’t questionable. However, nominating somebody who wanted a voter ID law should raise some eyebrows: President Bush nominated two controversial lawyers to the Federal Election Commission yesterday: Hans von Spakovsky who helped Georgia win approval of a disputed voter-identification law, and Robert D. Lenhard, who was part of a legal team [...]

Oh no he didn’! Instapundit finds me “consistently, pompously, and annoyingly moralistic and irritatingly unspecific” on the question of torture. I’m sorry about that. But I can promise him my position had nothing to do with “brand differentiation,” as he calls it. Believe it or not, opposing torture was and is a deep principle of [...]

So, if it hasn’t shown up already, you’ll soon see an ad about the George Bush Countdown Clock appear in our BlogAds strip. I thought long and hard about approving this ad or not, but ultimately I decided it has a place on our site. See, as a centrist blog we strive to give you [...]

I’m sure I’ll raise some ire by offering this humble opinion, but in response to the revelation that President Bush authorized secret surveillance after the 9/11 attacks … I’M THANKFUL! Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to [...]

slant. Yes, all the news that’s fit to … slant. The question has been asked (and derided) as to the existence of a liberal slant/bias in this country’s mainstream media. Examples help greatly in debating respective views and a comparison of an article with its source can be even more revealing. Case in point, an [...]

Let the elections (and theorizing) begin! Iraqi voters began streaming to the polls Thursday morning in nationwide elections as Iraqi leaders predicted that the vote would split almost evenly between secular and Islamist parties and usher in lengthy political maneuvering. Not surprising that there would likely be a contentiousness between secular and religious parties … [...]

He said that liberals and atheists and kittens were declaring a war on Christmas and now we have this news: WASHINGTON, DCâ€â€?In a sudden and unexpected blow to the Americans working to protect the holiday, liberal U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt ruled the private celebration of Christmas unconstitutional Monday. “In accordance [...]

Gregory’s word, my thoughts: It’s odd. Bush, of late, has risen somewhat in my esteem given that he’s been significantly more candid recently regarding errors committed in Iraq. And then he has a ‘heck of a job Brownie’ moment, like this one re: Rummy, and I remember Harriet Miers, and Katrina, and the torture policy, [...]

This is odd… Newspaper columnist Robert Novak is still not naming his source in the Valerie Plame affair, but he says he is pretty sure the name is no mystery to President Bush. “I’m confident the president knows who the source is,” Novak told a luncheon audience at the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh on [...]

Apparently the buck does stop as the President’s desk, but does that really mean anything anymore? What does “taking responsibility” mean if Bush thinks we still should have gone in there regardless? From CNN: “It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong,” Bush said during his fourth and final speech [...]

Well, it has been a while since we’ve heard about Rove and Plamegate, so … There have been rumors flying around Washington in the last few days that Karl Rove, the president’s top political adviser, might soon be indicted in the CIA leak investigation. At least for now, the rumors appear to be based on [...]

Hmm…it looks like the Iraqis are now denying that a few trucks from Iran carrying bogus ballots boxes entered the country. From Reuters: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The head of Iraq’s border guards denied police reports on Wednesday that a tanker truck stuffed with thousands of forged ballot papers had been seized crossing into Iraq from [...]

Uh…yeah… However, this type of spying makes me scratch my head… WASHINGTON – A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn’t know was that their meeting had come to the attention [...]

Well, looks like the media does have a sense of humor after all. Okay, caption time! Come up with some good ones!

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After this latest court decision, that’s my prediction. Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh’s attorney, issued the following statement regarding Judge David F. Crow’s decision today prohibiting prosecutors from asking the talk show host’s doctors about his medical treatment and condition or information he shared with his doctors during his care and treatment. Judge Crow’s ruling upholds [...]

So, I guess many wouldn’t consider this “good news” out of Iraq, but I do. Because any time we catch somebody who would seek to “game” the democratic process, it’s a good thing. Yes, that’s right. Apparently, it looks like some fake Iraqi ballot boxes stuffed with thousands of votes were seized coming in from [...]

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Yes, the issue of capital punishment will always incite some degree of controversy. The coverage and exposure of Tookie William’s case though focused more upon the question of whether redemption should be a consideration in the equation. Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment [...]

Just ran across this story that came out last week. From the AFP: Paul Wolfowitz suggested that US forces might not have invaded Iraq if Washington had known then that the regime of Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. “And I’m not sure based on the evidence we know now that we could [...]