The nutroots are all abuzz now that the House passed its version of the amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, which fails to protect telecoms who assisted the government with the terrorist surveillance program after 9/11. Apparently, they missed — or forgot — this story from the Politico last week: After weeks of negotiations and no final settlement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signaled Thursday night that she is

At the HuffPo.  The man who doesn’t read blogs.  And it’s about as well as he could have composed it: Most importantly, Rev. Wright preached the gospel of Jesus, a gospel on which I base my life. In other words, he has never been my political advisor; he’s been my pastor. And the sermons I heard him preach always related to our obligation to love God and one another, to

Jay Rosen uses an offline essay by Walter Pincus to argue that the media should be more transparent about its politics.  That Rosen holds up the hypocritical Josh Marshall as a model of integrity, or holds up Keith Olbermann as “another” example (there may be some intentional ambiguity by Rosen on this point) — while ignoring counter-examples to be found on the Fox News Channel or the Excellence in Broadcasting network —

Dan Collins has already blogged about the new Pentagon report on Iraq and Terrorism, but the disconnect between the general media coverage of the report (all focused on the lack of a direct operational link between Saddam’s regime and al Qaeda)  and its actual contents (showing a “considerable overlap” between their activities which led to a “de facto link between the organizations”) raises a larger issue. Stephen Hayes opines that the

The wayThe Post is exploiting this poor young woman to boost readership. Dupre lives in a studio apartment in a Flatiron high-rise and is known to frequent hot spots like Viscaya, Pink Elephant and Retox. She’s hobnobbed with hip-hoppers like P. Diddy. I still don’t think it’s worth $1k per hour to have your hob nobbed on her hopping hips. Allah Pundit‘s on the story.

I mean, you’re not going to make me address these charges individually, are you?  Q: I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but it’s all over the wire today (from an ABC News story), a statement that your pastor (the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s South Side) made in a sermon in 2003 that instead of singing “God Bless America,” black people should sing a

Schools in areas feared to have high rates of forced marriage are refusing to display posters on the issue because they are too hard-hitting, according to a government report. Headteachers are unwilling to put up the posters for fear that they might offend some parents. The disclosure came in findings from the Department for Children, Schools and Families showing that 2,089 pupils were absent from school without explanation in 14

between Saddam and AQ nevertheless details his involvement with and support of terrorist organizations affiliated with AQ. A Pentagon review of about 600,000 documents captured in the Iraq war attests to Saddam Hussein’s willingness to use terrorism to target Americans and work closely with jihadist organizations throughout the Middle East. So, geez, Semanticleo . . . are you satisfied now?  The report also undercuts the claim made by many on the

Although I have written about the problems created by the Michigan and Florida primaries even before either took place, I have not posted much on items like the trial balloon floated past TIME’s Mark Halperin yesterday as a possible solution. The reason is is relatively simple, but best explained by two recent pieces from Real Clear Politics. Jay Cost has a new post up, explaining why neither candidate has a rational

At the Wall Street Journal, Amy Chozick had an article the other day demonstrating that Hillary Clinton — facing another must-win situation in Pennsylvania — has learned from (or is required by) the ruinous excesses that marked the start of her campaign for the Democratic nomination that organization matters: Campaign staffers say that in Pennsylvania Sen. Clinton will rely more heavily on volunteers and a more frugal, homegrown effort. “I wasn’t