Again and again I hear that we “must do” this or that or some other thing in Iraq. I hear that we “cannot allow” a bloodbath, a disaster, a defeat. But by a large percentage the American people have concluded that the war is a mistake and a lost cause. That consensus firms up with [...]

From today’s Washington Post, by Michael Gerson, under the headline, “What Atheists Can’t Answer.” I’ll take up that challenge. Gerson’s text in italics : British author G.K. Chesterton argued that every act of blasphemy is a kind of tribute to God, because it is based on belief. “If anyone doubts this,” he wrote, “let him [...]

For those of you who’ve seen the oustanding documentary Street Fight, which covers the insanely dirty mayoral race of 2002 in Newark, NJ, you’ll probably be happy to see that Sharpe James is finally being held accountable. The AP has more…

Happy Friday the 13th. MOOWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Maybe even more interesting than that, the latest Harris poll (PDF file) shows that Republicans in Congress have a 21% approval rating…the same as Dick Cheney. And those aren’t even the lowest numbers! Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid both score 20% and House Minority Leader John Bohener rounds out [...]

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Hey everybody, Donklephant needs some help. We need to move over to a new hosting service and update our blogging software. The kicker? It has to be done within the next couple weeks. I’ll pay to have this done, so please drop me a line at justinpgardner at yahoo dot com if you’re interested. Thanks! [...]

There’s a hue and a cry in certain parts of the polity over the Congressional interest in President Bush’s commutation of Lewis Libby’s jail sentence. The basic theme: Libby deserved a pardon, not just a commutation, and Bush’s action was clearly on the up-and-up. So Congress shouldn’t investigate the matter, and if they do Bush [...]

This week’s podcast covers… Ron Paul’s $2.4 million fundraising quarter: what it really means about his campaign and the future of Republican primary. John McCain’s slump and the chances he’ll make a comeback The interesting dynamic between John and Elizabeth Edwards; their clash with Ann Coulter; and a look at why Edwards’ “Two Americas” message [...]

The historical legacy of Dick Cheney and this administration will be a permanently weaker executive branch, constrained by shackles applied by the judiciary and the legislature, precipitated precisely by and in reaction to the overreach of Dick Cheney in pursuit of a stronger executive branch.

Just a little more than a week after John McCain’s campaign announced that they would be reducing their payroll by cutting staff due to lack of resources resulting from a lackluster fundraising quarter, additional campaign shakeups were announced today: McCain’s Campaign Manager, Terry Nelson, and Chief Strategist, John Weaver, have resigned effective immediately. Shortly after [...]

He’s losing his campaign manager and chief strategist, and it seems way too early in the game for these kinds of shakeups. But then again, this campaign season has started earlier than all others, so this could be perfect timing. More from CBS.

As much as I don’t agree with it, I can understand politicizing the hiring and firing of US attorneys. However, politicizing the Surgeon General? And turning him into a partisan hack? From the AP: WASHINGTON – President Bush’s most recent surgeon general accused the administration Tuesday of muzzling him for political reasons on hot-button health [...]

It’s over 3 bucks in Kansas City, and my wallet is feeling it. Is yours?

I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t, but would car companies be stupid enough to have lied? One man in California thinks they did and he’s filling a class action lawsuit against Honda.

I wrote about this yesterday, but in the interest of fairness, take a look and see if you think he has any valid points. My opinion…I would not want to be in Tony Snow’s shoes.

In this climate, you need to weigh your options very carefully. The AP helps out with some info. But oddly enough, it could be a great time to remodel.

It was bound to happen. All you have to do is decide whether or not to suspend the student for the message shown. I unfairly suspended one student and let one slide that I could have suspended. How’d you do?

That’s what a preliminary report is said to reveal when it’s published sometime this week. Would you like to know why? Because why should the Iraqi government officials care about our goals? You have warring factions in the government and they’re going to protect what’s theirs…which is the normal: money, power and access. And they [...]

That’s a screen capture from a new AARP commercial. Notice anything familiar? Here’s an explanation of the campaign… But if they could vote, these “Future Champions” would vote for the candidate who will fix health care, protect Social Security and pensions. “Too Young” and “Too Important” (Windows Media Player required), the latest spots in AARP’s [...]