The 2,000 mark hype
The media has been marching to the steady drumbeat of the official 2,000th US troop death from the war in Iraq. The number of stories via Google News: close to 2,000.
Sen. Coburn still fighting the good fight
… on the fiscal front, along with Senators Brownback (R-KS), DeMint (R-SC), Ensign (R-NV), Graham (R-SC), McCain (R-AZ), and Sununu (R-NH). To help offset Hurricane Katrina relief effort costs, they unveiled today a proposal to that would cut up to $115 billion of pork in the federal budget over the next two years. Click here to read more about their ideas (Adobe req.).
Putting Pre-Iraq War Reporting In Context
Robert Kagan has a column up today in the Washington Post that puts pre-Iraq war reporting in context, starting with the headline “It Wasn’t Just Miller’s Story”. From the column:
Just in time for Halloween
Galloway the ghoul lied under oath over Iraqi oil payments, according to a new U.S. Senate subcommittee report:
An interview with ST
National Summary was kind enough to ask yours truly to do an online interview last week. I am one of many female bloggers they are listing as “shaking up the blogosphere” 😀 The interview is now posted here. Thanks to Daniel for the great questions! Make sure to check out the homepage for a list of interviews with other conservative lady bloggers.