Daily Archives: March 13th, 2006 «

 

On the lighter side of things …

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 11:49 pm » 8 Comments

Imagine coming home from work, settling in for the night, and going to get a cup of water – but when you turn on your faucet, it’s not water pouring out of it … but something else: It’s Homer Simpson’s dream come true. The phrase “beer on tap” took on a literal meaning for a [...]

 

Irresponsible journalism

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 11:03 pm » 10 Comments

Townhall columnist W. Thomas Smith, Jr. has written a must-read piece that asks if wartime reporting from the MSM has been responsible or irresponsible: We writers – whether journalists reporting, columnists expounding, or authors expanding – have an incredible responsibility. We must be critical in our approach to news and information. We must understand it. [...]

 

President goes on offensive in speech about Iraq

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 8:04 pm » 19 Comments

Read the transcript here.

 

Post war Afghanistan and Iraq documents to be released

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 8:01 pm » 15 Comments

Most of them, anyway. Finally, says Stephen Hayes: The Bush administration has decided to release most of the documents captured in post-war Afghanistan and Iraq. The details of the document release are still being worked out, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions. Those details are critical. At issue are things like the timeframe [...]

 

It doesn’t get any better than Jeff Goldstein

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 6:33 pm » 10 Comments

My absolute favorite blogger in the blogosphere blogs about what he calls “the new American Liberal Left” in response to Senator Russ Feingold’s ‘let’s censure the President!’ stunt: The making of a progressive hero? Well, all the ingredients are present: faux populist concern, opportunism disguised as sanctimony, and the continued—and intentional—misrepresentation of the target of [...]

 

George Clooney: liberal and proud of it

Posted by: ST on March 13, 2006 at 11:24 am » 22 Comments

Superstar and liberal activist George Clooney writes in the HuffPo today: I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I’m proud of it. Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you’d whisper “I’m a Nazi.” Like it’s dirty word. But turn away from saying “I’m a [...]