The War Bush Isn’t Fighting: When unsmiling agents at the airport take away your contact lens solution, your toothpaste, and your cologne or after-shave, remember Osama bin Laden. Remember the
Critics complain the liberal blogosphere avoids serious debate on radical jihadism, accusing them of ignoring critical foreign policy. But it’s rich when opponents demand engagement after shutting everyone out. I won’t bother armchair-quarterbacking the Middle East; I’ll let our elected officials run that problem into the ground themselves.
Critics complain the liberal blogosphere avoids serious debate on radical jihadism, accusing them of ignoring critical foreign policy. But it’s rich when opponents demand engagement after shutting everyone out. I won’t bother armchair-quarterbacking the Middle East; I’ll let our elected officials run that problem into the ground themselves.
Whatever happened to the moral high road in America? Once, we simply did what was right—backed by Grandmother’s swift willow switch. Today, the morally dysfunctional seem to write the laws. I long for those principled days, with no need for the self-appointed morals police; Grandmother already handled that job.
Jim Hightower rightly observes that Bush’s neoconservative foreign policy backfired entirely, becoming a blueprint for extremist recruitment rather than regional democracy. Instead of securing peace, these reckless actions drown America’s credibility in a worsening quagmire. With two years left of this failed presidency, voting in a loyal opposition is essential.
A federal appeals court ruled Republicans cannot replace Tom DeLay on the November ballot after his resignation. Having spent years watching his antics as my representative, I never thought I’d be glad to see his name on a ballot. Welcome back, Tom—you can’t outrun your record. May justice finally catch up.
Molly Ivins – Creators.com – Creators Syndicate: “The poor man who is currently our president has reached such a point of befuddlement that he thinks stem cell research is the
It’s Disproportionate. . .: “I felt better when I thought the Decider didn’t have a worldview, just a set of instincts about freedom and democracy. But even if you set
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