Maybe you'll recall back in the 2004 election that at least one newspaper Web site raised the ire of some on the right when people discovered that the cute picture of a little girl holding a pro-Bush sign while perched on her fathers' back had a derogatory file name. Most users never saw it, unless […]
Jim Abrams, Associated Press reporter, lead paragraph of his story: The House's top Democratic tax writer outlined a $1 trillion plan Thursday to eliminate the alternative minimum tax and ease the tax burdens of most people by asking the rich and some companies to pay more. Asking? So, they don't have to pay it if […]
The Drudge Report yesterday briefly posted a transcript of a conversation between fabulist Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp and editors at The New Republic [Transcript: Pt. 1, Pt. 2 -- PDF format] along with documents from the Army's official investigation. [PDF format] Drudge ended up pulling it down, but not before the information was out, and […]
Over at PoynterOnline, Distinguished Fellow Butch Ward has an article up about newsroom safety. No, it's not a warning against sticking your fingers into a spinning press. Several years ago during a leadership seminar at Poynter, one of the participants approached me during a break. "Can I tell you something about myself?" she asked. "Sure," […]
I know you're thinking I've got the story wrong, but Judge Leslie Southwick was filibustered yesterday on his way to finally winning Senate confirmation to a seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. You can find a list of the 35 senators who filibustered Southwick here. Yes, you're a smarty. You know that it […]
It's still smoky here, and I haven't gotten a lot in the way of sleep for the past couple of days. I've been going to bed at night with the TV on and the volume down low hoping that if they say something about evacuating the Palomar Medical Center that I'll hear it subconsciously and […]
I don't think I'll be converting to the religious left's line on the proper role of the U.S. government anytime soon. And this sort of rhetoric sure isn't the way to sway anyone to your line of thinking. REV. JIM WALLIS: If I'm an unborn child and I want the support of the far religious […]
Chastened by a mild reproof from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Pete Stark apologized today for saying that President Bush sent "kids" to Iraq "to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." Good for Rep. Stark.
The fires burning in San Diego County have not yet required the evacuation of Hoystory World Headquarters in Escondido. The sky is filled with smoke and the smell permeates everything. I made a quick jaunt to the local grocery store to pick up some food and the Santa Ana winds nearly staggered me a time […]
But this is the best line of the campaign by anyone in either party, courtesy of John McCain. For those of you ignorant of McCain's biography: At the time of Woodstock, McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.