In the midst of the still-lingering controversy over the truthiness of The New Republic’s “Baghdad Diarist,” more than a few people suggested that war supporters, unable to discredit the real bad news coming from Iraq, targeted the Scott Thomas Beauchamp stories as a weak link.  I cannot speak for everyone who supports the mission in Iraq, but I would submit that Beauchamp’s apparent fables and embellishments are not a “weak

When he says he’s not gay?  No.  He’s bisexual, bitches!  More though, there’s an interesting case that demonstrates the zeal that arresting officer Sgt. Karsnia displays in punishing malefactors at his airport.  Fortunately, the guy he was arresting in this case was a Rethuglican Senator, or liberals might be up in arms about his role in this sad story (and squalid). LMC has related thoughts.

Unfortunately, he appears not to have been a (closeted? In denial?) gay Republican. Otherwise, his party affiliation may have found its way into the article. You know, eventually. From the Commercial Appeal: His voice breaking and fighting to hold back tears, a contrite John Ford asked forgiveness Monday from his family, the public, and foremost, from the judge who holds his future in his hands. “I accept the jury’s verdict.

“Tolerance” means never having to say you’re sorry… (h/t ccs)

Ironically, his request for privacy will be linked by a gajillion sites, this one included: Oscar-nominated film star Owen Wilson, best known for comedies like “Wedding Crashers,” sought time on Monday to “heal in private” after media reports claimed he was hospitalized for a suicide attempt. “I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time,” Wilson, 38, said in a

Yeah. Kind of an embarrassment that some of the country’s most self-avowed “progressive” locales have so gentrified that they’ve become, in essence, that second America John Edwards is always going on about. It’s one thing to rule the proles. But another thing entirely to have to live near them, what with their plastic lawn furniture and their 40 oz bottles of Schlitz tucked inside paper sacks. From USA Today: African-Americans

In comparing recent stories of misconduct by Congresspersons, Allah points out that media reports of Republican Sen Larry Craig’s June arrest on suspicion of “lewd conduct” will include, prominently, Craig’s party affiliation — while the initial stories detailing Rep. Bob Filner’s shoving of a baggage claim attendant at Dulles conspicuously avoided mentioning his being a Democrat. The observation Allah makes is factual. And beyond that, it is relevant — not

From The Wapo: In the end, Gonzales was a man without a constituency outside of the White House. At a Senate hearing on April 19, he endured withering criticism over his professed inability to recall key events in the attorney firings, including details of a meeting on the topic with President Bush and Karl Rove. As the controversy swirled over a period of several months, conservative figures questioned both his