Presidential hopeful John Edwards got quite a bit of flak a few months back when he spent $800 of campaign funds on two haircuts. Today, The Washington Post tells us the rest of the story. For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when […]
You can cut the hypocrisy with knife. Ms Clinton, a frontrunner in the Democratic race for the presidency, said she was incensed by the move. "What we saw today was elevating cronyism over the rule of law. And what we saw today was further evidence that this administration has no regard whatsoever for what needs […]
You may recall the allegations that surfaced earlier this year regarding California senior Sen. Dianne Feinstein and charges that she may have used her position on a Senate subcommittee to benefit contractors in which her husband had a financial interest. (The Sunlight Foundation mounted a defense of Feinstein at the time noting that the senator […]
Democrats have been talking about it ever since they retook control of Congress earlier this year: Resurrecting the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." The fairness doctrine is being dug up and propped against the marble columns of the Capitol because Democrats don't like talk radio -- mainly because conservatives are good at it and Democrats can't turn […]
The Democrats today failed in the Senate to pass so-called "card-check" legislation that would allow unions to form without the benefit of a secret ballot election. The headline that came over the wires late this afternoon read: Senate Republicans block bill making it easier to form labor unions Sounds pretty mean, huh? The lede: Senate […]
Over at Patterico's Pontifications, he's got a pretty good, long comment thread regarding this story on John Edwards I highlighted on Saturday. I posted a couple of comments, and as you can probably expect, the responses from the lefties was little more than name-calling. (The exact comment was: "You're a real jacka$$ aren't you?") What […]
Senator and presidential contender Barack Obama spoke to the 50th anniversary convention for the United Church of Christ yesterday. I'll say it again: Politicians shouldn't be making campaign stops in church services or denominational convention -- and that goes for Republicans too. Church leaders said that the speaking invitation to Mr. Obama was not an […]
Friday's New York Times had an informative article on presidential hopeful John Edwards' anti-poverty organiztion. John Edwards ended 2004 with a problem: how to keep alive his public profile without the benefit of a presidential campaign that could finance his travels and pay for his political staff. Mr. Edwards, who reported this year that he […]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who became a Republican back in 2001 in order to avoid a crowded primary field on the Democrat side in his run for mayor, yesterday announced that he was quitting the GOP. This really isn't big news in and of itself -- everyone realized why he joined the party […]
Since 1993, Bill and Hillary Clinton have had a blind trust that -- like the stock market -- has made money. As part of her presidential run, the Office of Government Ethics told Sen. Clinton that she had to de-blind the trust and reveal its contents. The trustees did their job -- and made the […]