Eric Florack on June 1st, 2008

THERE’S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks — which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important months of the war. While Washington’s attention has

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davidl on May 24th, 2008

Brooklyn BridgeIt is not everyday I dedicate a post to a bridge, but not every bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge.  The Brooklyn Brdige turns 125 today.  A celebration is in order, Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

BROOKLYN — In 1883, New Yorkers

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Eric Florack on May 21st, 2008
Bit says: This was sent to me via mail this monring, and I’ve echoed out in total:
The Democrats:
  • Democrats fought to expand slavery while Republicans fought to end it.
  • Democrats passed those discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.

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What do you know… the study shows us the science does not link urricanes to man-made ‘global warming’. (Bolding is my own-Bit)

WASHINGTON -(AP)- Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in the number of hurricanes in the

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Look, I think Wayne Allard is a putz… an admittedly quick assessment based on limited info.

But he got this one right:

May 1st, 2008 – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) joined New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici,

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Eric Florack on May 12th, 2008

Bob Novak at RCP:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.

The Democratic front-runner’s wife

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davidl on May 1st, 2008

Paul Duggan and Allison Klein, Washington Post

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, convicted last month of running a high-end prostitution service in Washington, hanged herself today in a shed outside her mother’s mobile home in Florida, officials said.

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2004

Apparently, the 9/11 commission is now openly questioning Clarke’s credibility, even before Condi Rice takes her oath. The Washington Times is reporting that

“The September 11 commission will look at the discrepancy between the testimony of Richard A. Clarke that

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