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Dowd on Miller

22. October 2005

we cannot permit someone to use the mantle of journalism to spread lies on behalf of a government hell-bent on war.

Lawyer’s Death Leaves Questions Unanswered

21. October 2005

I want to hear what the administration has to say: have they, through their actions acknowledged that the military is losing a vitally important area of Baghdad (the area where the trial is being conducted) to insurgents, or is this all a show trial anyway, and so it doesn't matter.

Welcome Back, Mike!

21. October 2005

4 Comments

Mike Brown is one of those utterly insignificant people in history that, as Baudelaire wrote, one is embarrassed to discuss, because no one will remember him in fifty years. Well, perhaps the good folks of New Orleans will. This afternoon, watching MSNBC, I saw some remarkable testimony before Congress. Marty Bahamonde, the first FEMA official to [...]

The Difference Between Liberal and Progressive–Huh?

20. October 2005

2 Comments

David Sirota writes a piece that I just don’t understand, asking what the difference is between a liberal and a progressive. A simplistic reading of the piece leads me to believe that a liberal is someone who doesn’t agree with Sirota’s view of the party. The core of the distinction: It seems to me that traditional [...]

Miller, Plame, and Immaculate Conception

16. October 2005

2 Comments

It points out all the questions that this new string of articles brings up, and quips that Miller apparently received her knowledge of Plame through "immaculate conception".

But, will you walk the walk?

14. October 2005

6 Comments

I am not surprised by this, especially in light of some of the college Republicans I met in college. The Nation has posted an article by Clarisse Profilet concerning the “young chickenhawks.” Apparently, officials of college Republican organizations have been pushing the war and the Bush agenda, despite no intention to serve in [...]

It’s Hard to Be a Politician…

14. October 2005

2 Comments

Hmm…so hard to understand…I wonder why in the world the public would presume that politicians lie to us? “In this presumption of guilt culture, which is what has come about in Washington in the last 10 or 15 years, there must be a sense of anger there and an inability to manage the facts,” said [...]

Archive | October, 2005

Dowd on Miller

Lawyer’s Death Leaves Questions Unanswered

Welcome Back, Mike!

The Difference Between Liberal and Progressive–Huh?

Miller, Plame, and Immaculate Conception

But, will you walk the walk?

It’s Hard to Be a Politician…

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