You know the one, about no person making less than $250,000 having any of their taxes raised. Well, forget about it. The Senate Health, Labor and Pensions committee unveiled its plan today – and it should come as little surprise that this plan would break Obama’s tax promise. (The Senate did unveil that plan, but […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy used to be a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee until he got kicked out for failing to be able to keep a secret. If there was any justice in the world, he’d get kicked off the Senate Judiciary Committee for failing to tell the truth. As Byron York […]
That's probably an oxymoron, but I have been watching some of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. I must say that I've found her walk-back from the "wise Latina" comments amusing -- and a little bit disconcerting. She's encouraging senators to ignore all of her controversial comments in speeches and troubling decisions […]
House Democrats, in an apparent effort to deflect attention away from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the CIA regularly lies to Congress, went ape last week after CIA Director Leon Panetta briefed Congress on a proposed counter-terrorism program that never got past the planning phase. Reports indicate that the program was supposed to target top […]
Paul Krugman and I agree: President Obama makes little sense. Some explanation: President Obama took to the Washington Post editorial page today to defend his economic plans. (Obama's article is aptly rebutted by Keith Hennessey here. I encourage you to read it.) However, the point I want to highlight is this one by President Obama: […]
If all you read about a report dumped Friday afternoon on the Bush administration-era warrantless wiretapping program was the New York Times account of it, you'd get a less-than-completely-honest account of the program's history and effectiveness. I encourage you to read the Times article and then check out this brief post by former federal prosecutor […]
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington: Liberal bloggers came to a quick verdict on the Huffington Post’s announcement Tuesday that it was hiring Dan Froomkin, the recently fired Washington Post blogger who made a name for himself criticizing former president George W. Bush: Old media’s loss is new media’s gain. Coming after the recent Beltway debate […]
So, David Brooks goes on MSNBC yesterday and says that a he sat next to a GOP Senator at a dinner party and... (via Newsbusters) DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don't know about you guys, but in my view, they're […]
Today's Wall Street Journal likens the leaders of the G-8 to King Canute who famously commanded the tides to stop. Do I need to add "unsuccessfully?" Canute's spirit was back in business this week at the G-8 summit in Italy, where the assembled leaders declared that the world's temperature shall not rise: "We recognize the […]
Being unemployed at least gives me the opportunity to catch up on my reading and let me start out by saying that I wholeheartedly endorse each of these books. Let's start with the candy -- Dean Koontz's "The Husband." I'm usually a pretty streaky Koontz fan. I'll read a few of his books in rapid […]