Here’s the situation. Iran took 15 British soldiers who were traveling in their waters. The US has taken over 300 Iranian intelligence officers in Iraq in recent months.
Pajamas Media has more about what this means…
This week’s seizure of 15 British sailors by Iran in the contested waters of the Shattab al-Arab, the ship channel that [...]

Ever heard of it?
If so, then you can skip this video. If not, you have to watch it. Scary stuff.

Vladimir Putin scares me. No, not because he kissed that kid’s belly. That was just weird.
What frightens me is he’s slowly but surely turning Russia back into an authoritarian state, and we’re doing nothing about it. He seizes oil companies worth billions of dollars. We do nothing. Journalists are murdered mysteriously. We do nothing.
Now [...]

Needless to say, Ed ain’t too happy with Alberto…
Have we had enough yet? I understand the argument that if we allow the Democrats to bounce Gonzales, they’ll just aim for more, but Gonzales made himself the target here with what looks like blatant deception. I don’t think we do ourselves any good by defending the [...]

Well, I’m convinced!
How about you?

For all you gay/bi/etc. Republicans out there, Dennis Sanders reprints in full why some of you stick to the principles you believe in.
From NeoMugwump…
We are Republican because we believe in limited government, free markets, a strong national defense, and personal responsibility;
We strive for Unity without the tyranny of uniformity, because the greatness of the Republican [...]

Found an interesting post today on Political Animal. It talks about party identification and the crumbling of it for the Repubs during the Bush administration.
Basically, a recent Pew poll has shown that a dead even tie of Republican/Democrat identification of 42/42 in 2002 has now shifted to 35/50 this year. That’s a hell of [...]

At Eteraz.Org I will be live blogging tomorrow’s Presidential Candidate Healthcare Forum in Las Vegas.
Here is the introductory post on the subject. Stop by tomorrow.

Seriously. Kind of hard to believe, but there it is.
From Wash Post:
The e-mails show how D. Kyle Sampson, then the attorney general’s chief of staff, and other Justice officials prepared to use a change in federal law to bypass input from Arkansas’ two Democratic senators, who had expressed doubts about placing a former Republican National [...]

From the AP:
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided House voted Friday to order
President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress’ boldest challenge yet to the administration’s policy.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, for a binding [...]

The recent spat between California Governor Arnold Scharzenegger and talk show host Rush Limbaugh shows two examples of modern conservatism.

More here.

I respect that it’s a decision between John and Elizabeth, but this isn’t breast cancer. This is cancer in one of her ribs. And just so you know, bone cancer is really, really bad stuff. One of my great aunts had it, and she didn’t last very long after the prognosis. Of course, my great [...]

(NOTE: I’ve revised this one from March 16th, and included the bloggers who commented.)
Seriously. Let’s get a blogosphere show of hands.
See, the reason I’d like to hear from you is I’ve read that she wasn’t time and time again. I’ve seen people argue it in the comments sections when I’ve posted about Plame and [...]

Politico was half wrong. His wife’s cancer has returned, but he’s going to keep going.
From MSNBC:
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife’s cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly,� Edwards told reporters, his wife by his [...]

They say they have the scoop…
John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
“At a minimum he’s going to suspend” the campaign, the [...]

If you’ve ever wondered why I’m so down on Fox News, it’s because they’re liars…plain and simple. They’re not fair and balanced, never have tried to be and that means they’re misleading the public day in and day out.
And I’m reminded today from The Hill…
An audience that decides for itself, based on “fair and balanced� [...]

Yesterday I wrote about the disparity between America’s incarceration rate and the rest of the world.
Now I find this story from the Chicago Tribune about Paris, Texas…
There was the 19-year-old white man, convicted last July of criminally negligent homicide for killing a 54-year-old black woman and her 3-year-old grandson with his truck, who was sentenced [...]

Speculation is running wild and none of it looks good. John and Elizabeth have called a news conference today and whenever you hear something like that it feels like they’ll be breaking bad news. Especially just one day after John rushed to be by Elizabeth’s side at her doctors appointment?
From the NY Times:
WASHINGTON, March 21 [...]

Yes, we must stop terrorists, but here’s one reason why we can’t really trust our government institutions with nearly untraceable peeks into our lives.
From the NY Times:
WASHINGTON, March 20 � House Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday in warning the F.B.I. that it could lose the power to demand that companies turn over customers’ telephone, e-mail [...]

Interesting…
Two senior senators are pressing ahead with a new plan to allow congressional candidates to forgo private contributions as well.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), yesterday introduced a bill to allocate public money to candidates based on the population of their states, the [...]