The Los Angeles Times' media critic, David Shaw (who usually does good work), has gotten quite a bit of flak from the blogosphere because of his disdain for non-journalists practicing punditry. Unlike blogs, Shaw takes pride in the fact that reporters for newspapers have their work vetted by "four experienced editors" before going to press. […]
Democrat Party Chairman Howard Dean is trying to "reach out" to pro-lifers -- kinda. He discussed the abortion debate after a student questioned why the party was supporting Bob Casey Jr., a Pennsylvania Democrat challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Santorum. The chairman tried to draw a distinction between Casey and Santorum, even though both men […]
The fact that President Bush nominated a man to replace a woman on the Supreme Court got Colorado's junior senator, Ken Salazar, panties in a twist. Dear President Bush: I do not know yet how I will vote on the confirmation of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. I will honor the processes of the Senate […]
You'll forgive me if I first believed that this article in today's Washington Post was a spoof written by a junior high school French student just a little to impressed with herself. It has been a long time since so much syrupy nostalgia has been in evidence at the White House. But Tuesday night, when […]
I returned to sunny San Diego yesterday afternoon after spending hours in the air. Luckily, I'm very intimidating and managed to subtly dissuade other passengers from sitting next to me, so I wasn't so cramped in those ever-smaller plane seats. I got up early this morning -- because my internal clock is way out of […]