Daily Archives: March 26th, 2006 «

 

NYT profiles Md. Lt. Gov. Michael Steele

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2006 at 11:37 pm » 7 Comments

A fairly good piece. Snippet: Why is he a Republican, anyway? Steele’s answer is that it all goes back to his mother. (No politician ever lost votes by overreferencing his mother, who, in this case, was not made available for an interview.) In his neighborhood growing up, “everyone — cousins, friends and neighbors — was [...]

 

RIP, Mrs. Byrd – wife of Senator Robert Byrd

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2006 at 11:20 pm » 2 Comments

I’m not a fan of the man’s politics, but he certainly has my condolences tonight on the loss of his wife: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Erma Ora James Byrd, the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd, has died after battling an illness for five years. She was 88. Erma Byrd, who met her husband of nearly [...]

 

Wouldn’t this be refreshing?

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2006 at 10:56 pm » 10 Comments

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, who is editor and publisher of the Nation, writes in today’s Washington Post: Here’s a modest proposal for improving national political discussion: Stop equating our opponents with famous dictators, their chief executioners, police apparatus or ideologies. I’m all for learning from history, but times are hard enough in American politics — with [...]

 

Abdul Rahman to be freed

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2006 at 10:21 pm » 1 Comment

Via AP: KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said. The announcement came as U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai faced mounting foreign pressure to free Abdul Rahman, a move that [...]

 

Furniture shopping today :)

Posted by: ST on March 26, 2006 at 12:09 pm » 3 Comments

I’ll be back later this afternoon or evening to post … got to find me a sleeper sofa and recliner this afternoon Consider this an open thread.