Rewriting Katrina History – AP Style
Over at Crooks & Liars they have the AP video to go with this AP story, Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina. The video can be watched directly from …
Private Health Care Emerging in Canada
Isn't it interesting. Politicians here in America, like Hillary Clinton, push for a nationalized healthcare system like that in Canada. Meanwhile, private health care in Canada is growing because …
Anderson Cooper Gets It
I spend a fair hunk of my time bashing the media elites for not taking the time to get the story correct in New Orleans. Even before Katrina, New …
Prove me wrong — please
The Boston Globe has an editorial today calling for Western intervention against the genocide going on in the Darfur region of the Sudan. It's a compelling argument, one I …
Update: No Civil War in Iraq
A few days ago I posted about the Pentagon's statement that there is no civil war in Iraq. Today, the New York Post's Ralph Peters, who is currently in …
Rep John Conyers Accused of Unethical Behavior
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is being accused to ethics violations by two former aides: Two former aides to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have alleged that he repeatedly violated House …
Bonfire of the Vanities #139
The Bonfire of the Vanities (a self-submitted collection of the worst posts by otherwise excellent bloggers) is hosted by AKA Mike Horshead this week. Go enjoy the suckitude... Visit …
Annual Blog Readership Survey
It's that time of year; time for the annual BlogAds reader survey. Aggregate data from the survey will be published once the results are in as they were in …
Missed it by that much
Like so many folks, I love dumb-criminal stories. But my favorites have to be the ones about crooks who engineer a great plan, only to be tripped up by …
The Simpsons v. 1st Amendment
When Americans are tested on their knowledge of the Simpsons versus the rights included in the 1st Amendment, the Simpsons win: Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than …