Over the weekend, 15 people were killed in Nigeria and another 11 in Libya as the engineered violence in response to the rather tame Muhammed cartoons continued to claim lives. In a case of bad timing, my paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, published an incredibly lame justification for not having published any of the Danish […]
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the U.S. government has approached Georgia (the country, not the state) about using bases in that country should they be needed to prevent Iran from going nuclear. American officials have been quietly probing whether Georgia, situated just northwest of Iran, will be willing to allow Washington to use its […]
Art Madrid is the Mayor of the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, population 50,000+. It's my hometown and Madrid has been mayor since 1981. It appears that 25 years as mayor has honed Madrid's sense of entitlement and the idea that he's better than the rest of you. The public-comment portion of a city […]
Prosecutors are asking for a 10-year sentenced for my disgraced and corrupt former congressman, Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Sentencing is scheduled for March 3. Documents revealed Friday and reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune here, show just how flagrant and systematic Cunningham's corruption was. Federal prosecutors say the“naked avarice†of Randy “Duke†Cunningham is displayed in […]
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank has been chastized by his bosses at the paper after he showed up on MSNBC Monday night wearing a bright-orange hunting vest and cap. Ombudsman Deborah Howell addresses the issue in her column this week: From reader Eric Welch: "Does Dana Milbank's wearing of a bright orange hat and vest […]
Alec Baldwin: Cheney is a terrorist. Richard Dreyfuss: Impeach Bush! Matt Hoy: Alec Baldwin and Richard Dreyfuss are a morons.
Well, it looks like the Progress for America Voter Fund has gotten the Minnesota Democratic Party in full outrage mode. The conservative advocacy group is running a series of support-the-troops/support-the-Iraq-war spots that have the Dems questioning their own patriotism. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has more tonight. They report on KSTP television's refusal to run the […]
I usually agree with George Will, but today's column isn't one of them. Will argues that the NSA surveillance program is "monarchical." The next time a president asks Congress to pass something akin to what Congress passed on Sept. 14, 2001 -- the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) -- the resulting legislation might […]
I guess it really shouldn't come as a big surprise, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting that the RIAA -- the record companies' lobbying group -- is floating the legal position that making backup copies of CDs you own or ripping the CDs to an Ipod or other MP3 player is not fair use. […]
When last we heard from NBC "news analyst" and "The West Wing" writer Lawrence O'Donnell he was going ape during an appearance on MSNBC with John O'Neill of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth fame. Today O'Donnell appeared on Hugh Hewitt's radio show to defend his silly article on the Huffington Post that Dick Cheney was […]