A jury found the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, guilty on four of the five counts he was charged with, including lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice. I obviously didn't see all of the testimony, but color me skeptical that justice was done. Special prosecutor […]
Democrats on Capitol Hill are paying back those who helped them take back control of Congress this year with the positively Orwellian "Employee Free Choice Act." The bill, which would do away with the secret ballot for certifying union certification, is being carried by the Democrats on behalf of labor unions. Thursday's San Diego Union-Tribune […]
Jurors are still deliberating former vice presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's fate in the trial over nothing. But the "Media Blog" over at National Review Online highlights this column by Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell regarding the op-ed piece by Victoria Toensing I highlighted last week. While Toensing is a partisan, she […]
It was perhaps the surest Oscar bet of the past 30 years. That Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" would win the prize for Best Documentary. (Complete list of winners here.) Were the bookies in Vegas even taking bets on that category? Probably not, they're not that stupid. Last Monday, the Union-Tribune's new ombudsman wrote about […]
Here's a few articles from the past week or so that you really shouldn't miss. The Los Angeles Times story on 2nd Lt. Mark Jennings Daily. John Leo looks at how speech codes on campus have been stifling -- mostly conservative -- speech. Judge Gibson Lee should be recalled after giving eight black youths probation […]
Today the House of representatives voted 246-182 to cut off funding for the Iraq War. Oops. No they didn't. They voted 246-182 for a non-binding resolution disapproving of President Bush's "surge" plan to reduce violence, and kill insurgents and terrorists in Baghdad and the Anbar province. However, you couldn't really tell that from what Nancy […]
Mark Tapscott over at the Washington Examiner did a bit of fact-checking on Harry Reid -- something that most of the media has failed to do since the Democrats took control of Congress in January. Feigning pained amazement as only supercillious Washington politicians can, Reid told the assembled journalists a couple of days ago that […]
The recent decision by the Bush administration to request the resignations of a handful of U.S. attorneys has resulted in the Senate once again trying to usurp powers delegated specifically to the president. U.S. attorneys are part of the Justice Department -- the executive branch -- and serve at the pleasure of the president. It […]
I watched a bit of network news this evening which once again reinforces why I try never to watch network news. I'm pretty sure I was watching ABC when they did a little story on the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" […]
I must confess that I don't know exactly what to think about the reports that the White House has asked several U.S. attorneys to step down in the coming weeks, including the San Diego District's Carol Lam. Some conspiracy theorists have suggested that it's payback by the Bush administration for Lam's prosecution of Randy "Duke" […]