All summer, Bush has been insisting that we wait for official government reports on Iraq before we judge whether his surge strategy has worked or failed. Well, the GAO is reportedly on track to "conclude that at least 13 of the 18 benchmarks set to judge the Iraqi government's performance…
Dedicated to the exploits and not-so-earnest protestations of Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, the cartoonists are having a field day.Â
What happens when you forget to mention something important to your spouse? When you are running late or distracted, for any number of reasons? Bills get paid late because you forgot to ask him to mail them, Johnny misses soccer practice because you forgot to tell Dad he needed to…
According to this article, Barry Goldwater’s book, The Conscience of a Conservative, is being reissued. Timely reading? Depends on what audience at which this is aimed. I seriously doubt conservatives of the Rove/Norquist stripe will have much sympathy with Goldwater, who now seems admirable and even iconic compared to the…
As Eliott Spitzer writes:  SCHIP is a program that provides health care to children whose families make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private health insurance. It's a program that provides medical care, including preventive medical care, to innocent children.  According to the Bush Administration, we…