HoustonChronicle.com – Court rules GOP can’t replace DeLay on ballot

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.

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I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors

I.R.S. To Cut Tax Auditors – New York Times

I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors – New York Times: “The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who

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Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed

“I was for the law I signed before I was again it”

Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed: ‘The President’s constitutional duty is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme

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What Did You Expect, America

Daily Kos: What Did You Expect, America?

Daily Kos: What Did You Expect, America?: “If you put people in charge of running a project they are ideologically committed to proving a failure, it will fail. “ I

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Blowing the Whistle on Diebold - In These Times

Blowing the Whistle on Diebold — In These Times

Blowing the Whistle on Diebold — In These Times: “The single greatest threat to our democracy is the insecurity of our voting system,” warns Kennedy. “Whoever controls the voting machines

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Strategery’ From the Primary Source

Reports say President Bush is quietly compiling material for a post-presidency memoir, though he hasn’t written a word yet. To me, it feels like every speech over the past six years was already a test drive for history’s verdict. If only that much effort had gone into actually leading the country.

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