Meridith Oakley thinks Jimmy Carter has nothing to apologize to - he spoke the truth and although the press made that truth uncomfortable, it was the truth. I couldn’t agree more.
“ And we have had, for the first time since Israel was founded, we’ve had zero peace talks to try to bring a resolution of […]

The Storm Over Immigration
THE VIRULENCE and breadth of opposition to the Senate immigration bill has kicked up a dust storm of dogma that has obscured the real stakes and potential of the legislation.
Critics on the right howl that the bill offers “amnesty” to 12 million illegal immigrants who in fact would face a long, onerous […]

The Oversight Congress: How Democrats gain  
When the story of the Bush administration’s firings of U.S. attorneys erupted on to front pages in early January, the widespread expectation among Republicans on Capitol Hill and the White House was that they were in for a political storm — one that might even last a week or two.
Four […]

E.J. Dionne on Al Gord’s book “The Assault on Reason”.
Boy, it would be fun if Al Gore changed his mind and ran for president — fun for the voters, anyway. Imagine a candidate whose preelection book is devoted in large part to an attack on the media for waging war on reason
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“A lot of people […]

The War and Worst President ever is at it again.
The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the […]