NYTimes Op-Ed Spells Out Plame Game ‘Team'In an Op-Ed for the Sunday New York Times, columnist Frank Rich has the best explanation I've seen of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), the group of White House staffers (including Rove, Libby and V.P. Cheney, among other familiar …
The Weekly Jerry Update Part DeuxHe is actively lobbying against a hate crime bill that would give homosexuals recourse if they are the victim of a crime related solely to their sexual orientation.
Breaking RankMargaret Thatcher opposes the war in Iraq, and Miers can't count on her gender to win her support among feminists. It's a sad day for groupthink.
ARTICLE: Civil rights pioneer dead at 63<i>ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in 1963, died Thursday. She was 63.</i>
ARTICLE: Fearless fighter for civil rights dead at 78<i>Political and social activist Cynthia DeLores Tucker, 78, died Oct. 12 of an undisclosed cause at the Suburban Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center in Norristown, Pa., leaving behind a legacy of firsts and intrepid advocacy.</i>
U.S. Bankruptcy AND Credit Card Rule Changes ComingThere's a rush of filings this week as the bankruptcy laws get considerably harsher next Monday, thanks to legislation passed last spring. The bill makes it more difficult for individuals to file for Chapter 7 bankrupcy, the type that eliminates …
Stunning Description of New Orleans in SalonThere's an amazing narrative description on New Orleans posted over at Salon. It's by a freelance writer, who went to see what had happened to his French Quarter home that he had sold 3 weeks before the hurricane. There's some …
When Conservatives are Too LiberalGeorge W. Bush and Haley Barbour are facing the fight of their political careers right now, but their fiercest critics aren't on the left. They're on the right.