The United States Navy screws up, from Steve Szkotak:
The KKK is gone, the Kennedy Kongressional Klan is gone. Free at last, free at last.
Class envy, from James Carroll, Boston Globe:
If a just society is defined by the relationship between the well off and
US Navy does raunchy:
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Navy said Sunday it will investigate “clearly inappropriate” videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay
Mario IV, some states just never learn. Mario Cuomo sworn in for fourth term as governor, from Nick Reisman, Politics on the Hudson:
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo did take some time to enjoy being back in an old
An Obama Hate Machine, from David Corn, Politics Daily:
The OHM [Obama Hate Machine] — led by a wide-ranging collection of conservative media outfits, right-wing bloggers, and GOP partisans — has already effectively undermined Obama’s presidency by propagating
It is that time of year again – time for the Bitsblog Snark of the Year:
Worst press conference — ever
I don’t mean just for Obama. I mean any president. Or head of state. When I wrote this morning
Atheists crisis of faith, frmo Amanda Knief, Secular:
Atheists Excluded from Mayor-Elect Gray’s Inauguration Humanist Celebrant Denied Equal Time at Ecumenical Prayer Service Atheists, agnostics, humanists, and other nontheistic Washington, D.C. residents will have no representation at Mayor-Elect Vincent
Ain’t no free lunch, from Thomas Sowell, RCP:
Once you buy the idea that the government should be a sort of year-around Santa Claus, you have bought the kinds of consequences that follow.
The results are not pretty,
Why the War on Barbour? From Alex Pareene, Slate:
Corpulent unreconstructed good ol’ boy Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour apparently has a “state plane” that he uses to fly to football games with corporate executives, Politco reports today. Barbour, a
When the Fat Lady Sings, Fred Hiatt wonders how obesity became a partisan issue, from Washington Post:
That’s why obesity is not a Democratic or Republican issue. Obama has merely extended and amplified a campaign that began under
Sharp Tack pricks Juan, Clarice Feldman destroys Juan Williams, first Williams, from Aaron Blake,Washington Post:
Juan Williams: Palin not on same ‘intellectual stage’ as Obama
Fox News contributor Juan Williams said Sunday that Sarah Palin “can’t stand
Brither from Honolulu:, Neil Abercrombie is a birther but with a twist. Instead of merely asking for the release of Dumbo’s, b/k/a Barack Obama, birth certificate, Abercrombie has characterized failure to release the records as an insult to Dumbo’s
As Time Goes By, a promise is just Dumbo’s mere words, from Investor Business Daily:
War On Terror: The Obama White House has absurdly called closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison “a national security imperative.” The administration’s own
Merry Christmas Virginia, from Jamie Katz, Chicago Tribune:
It’s all right to say Merry Christmas. In fact, it’s lovely.
I happen to be Jewish. And I’ve lived most of my life in New York City, where, on the
