Political Briefs
January 19, 2009
- I don't know if I have mentioned in this venue that I am the son of a Teamster, and a proud union man. I have been a union member at every unionized shop I've been a part of--and sometimes, I joined the Newspaper Guild even when I wasn't represented at the place I worked. That's how strongly I believe in unions. So I swelled with pride when I saw this quite accurate depiction of the miracle landing in the Hudson: This Miracle Brought to You by America’s Unions
- Alan Grayson: Smile America, You’ve Got a $1.2 Trillion Slush Fund? Also Rep. Grayson to Fed: Show Us the Money. TARP: What Did We Get For Our Money?
- Bush appointee saw Justice lawyers as 'commies,' 'crazy libs,' report says
- First they lied. Now, when it doesn't matter, the truth. Ex-Bush aide takes blame for 'Mission Accomplished'
- Cao Disputes Bush’s Comment That Not Landing Air Force One Was His Biggest Mistake During Katrina
- Justices Say Evidence Is Valid Despite Police Error
- How Citigroup Unraveled Under Geithner’s Watch
- Retooling Obama's campaign machine for the long haul
- Conyers Wants Criminal Probe Of Bush Officials' Wrongdoing
- Rejecting the Joe Biden Gambit Part II: Eric Holder, Rook or Pawn?
- More on torture
- The Bush Legacy: An Assault on Public Protections
- Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
- Is it a tribute to the degradation or corporatization of the press (or to the diminution of applied science education or graduates thereof who can apply their lessons to real events, or both) that the outcome was different after a previous egregious farewell address?
- Feingold: Wiretap Ruling No Big Deal