Articles of Interest
September 12, 2008, 1:00am

This week, the Interior Department Inspector General released the results of a two-year, $5.3 million investigation finding that workers at the Minerals Management Service (MMS) royalty collection office were “partying, having sex, using drugs and accepting gifts and ski trips … Read more »

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September 12, 2008, 1:00am

I wince and feel for her over the reports of how she is being tutored, guided and taught in marathon cram sessions of what might be called a crash course in Instant Experience 101. There’s something almost funny in the … Read more »

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September 12, 2008, 1:00am

As we watched Sarah Palin on TV the last couple of days, we kept wondering what on earth John McCain was thinking.
If he seriously thought this first-term governor… Read more »

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September 12, 2008, 1:00am

True confession: I was terrified on 9/11… Read more »

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September 11, 2008, 1:00am

Here is the “lesson” of 9/11: Never forget that the top priority of any government is to keep its citizens safe from harm. Many progressive candidates forgot that lesson in 2002 and 2004, and lost.

From Campaign For America’s FutureRead more »

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September 11, 2008, 1:00am

The attacks of September 11, 2001, forever changed the way that Americans think about their national security. It made clear that the need to confront transnational terrorism is a reality of the new age of globalization that is drawing the … Read more »

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September 11, 2008, 1:00am

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about how Ms. Palin told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks” when it wanted to buy Alaska a … Read more »

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September 11, 2008, 1:00am

Washington – John McCain and Barack Obama head into the fall campaign neck and neck, despite questions in many voters’ minds about whether McCain’s running mate is as qualified as Obama’s, according to a new Ipsos/McClatchy poll.

From Truthout.orgRead more »

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September 10, 2008, 1:00am

So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out the back door and circled around to the front and started yelling, “Throw the bums out!” They’ve been running Washington like a well-oiled machine to the … Read more »

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September 10, 2008, 1:00am

More than half of Americans currently hold an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party. [Polling Report] They are angry about conservative politicians’ abuse of power, their mismanagement of the economy, and the impact conservative failures have had on their everyday … Read more »

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