On a  NWA opinion page now less… 
Recently, Republicans in the U. S. Senate effectively filibustered to death a Democratic proposal to start withdrawing troops from Iraq.
The bill required President Bush to start bringing our young men and women home within 120 days, with the final troops out by April 2008.
Some troops would be allowed to remain to […]

Ruth Marcus - Washington Post
find myself in an unaccustomed and unexpected position: defending Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Gonzales fans, if there are Gonzales fans left, except for the only fan who counts: Don’t take any comfort from my assessment.
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Rather, lawmakers need to concentrate on determining what the administration did — and under what claimed legal authority […]

 Mr. Gonzales’s Never-Ending Story
    The New York Times | Editorial  
 As far as we can tell, there are three possible explanations for Mr. Gonzales’s talk about a dispute over other - unspecified - intelligence activities. One, he lied to Congress. Two, he used a bureaucratic dodge to mislead lawmakers and the public: the spying program was modified […]

No surprises here - we are staying in Irag and Bush has his fall guy…
Who Really Took Over During That Colonoscopy
Mr. Bush has become so reckless in his own denials of reality that he seems to think he can get away with saying anything as long as he has his “main man” to front for […]

An accurate and very depressing assessment of what we as a country face upon our departure in Iraq. Why? Because we had a spoiled, protected cowboy President who needed to prove something to his Daddy?  That’s about right.
How empires end
What will America do then ? As for this country, the argument over who is responsible […]