Newsday profiles John Boehner, who defeated Roy Blunt and libertarian favorite John Shadegg (who dropped out) to replace Tom Delay as House leader: John Boehner came to Congress 15 years ago as a crusader against what he saw as the excesses of Democratic power. […] Boehner has a strong conservative record, but has also shown an ability to reach across party lines. He pushed pension legislation through the House last

For those of you who haven’t been following the Allah cartoon flap too closely, Frontpage has a nice thumbnail timeline of the controversy to date that includes this editorial commentary: […] Islam is not a race; the problems with it are not the product of fear mongering and fiction, but of ideology and facts—facts that have been stressed repeatedly by Muslims around the world, when they commit violence in the

Chianti: “You tawdry, godbothering Americans—all you do is stuff your faces and hate brown people.  And stink like cheese puffs.* “Honestly, it’s a miracle you can live with yourselves.  Now please—leave my sight before I’m forced to use violent and unpleasant hand gestures to vigorously insult you.”

From the Economist‘s Global Agenda Watch, “Betting on Bernanke”: The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, to 4.5%, at Alan Greenspan’s last meeting in charge. His successor, Ben Bernanke, is taking over at or near the end of a cycle of monetary tightening, and thus may sit on his hands for a while. But his first big challenge is not far

6:45: Awoke, had a cup of coffee, looked over a couple of briefs 7:17: Took his morning “porcelain constitutional” 7:53: Called his temporary clerk; citing “inherent authority” granted the Executive under the Constitution, demanded work begin on compiling a database on “non-traditional uteri”—defined by Justice Alito as “those potential gestational chambers that are used for purposes that do not include GOD’S MANDATE that we ‘be fruitful and multiply.’” This includes

[update:  2/2/06 for a thorough response to Glenn Greenwald’s long and disingenuous litany of conservative failings to “correct the record”—a record of Cindy Sheehan’s martyrdom that, incidentally, this post to which he linked doesn’t address, please see below, “Response to Glenn Greenwald.] From the SF Chronicle: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, given a ticket by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, to attend President Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday

What?  It’s not like any of you fuckers cared enough to send cupcakes.

[post-liveblog update, exclusive to Max Zawicky readers:  the more astute of you will recognize in this liveblog a general tone of cheekiness mixed into the actual “coverage”; others of you, however, will pretend—as Max has—that my political leanings really do have me desirious of seeing Cindy Sheehan chained to a radiator and forced to lick pork-mottled Vandekamps out of a tin saucer] TV Fox – Hume, Kristol, Barnes, Kondracke, Easton,

The American Spectator, “Howie and Harry” (via RedState and Vodkapundit): It appears that the Democrat Party is closer to imploding than the Republican. How else to explain the ongoing attempts by Democrat Party Chairman Howard Dean to destroy Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid? According to knowledgeable DNC sources, Dean about ten days ago was shown opposition research documents generated by the Republican National Committee more than three years ago, which

Using long sentences?  amateurish.  Devoting an entire post to pointing out how a person whose opinions mean nothing to you uses long sentences, all while inviting your readers (in a not particularly well-disguised attempt to fish for compliments) to stroke the veiny, spongy shaft of your own insecurities? ironic. Or maybe sad is the better choice.  Ah, what the hell:  Let’s call that one a pick ‘em.