The Stopped Clock

... it is way too polarizing to call Bush a liar.

Well, probably not . But still worth a dizzying look.

A short time ago, with the full backing of the Bush Administration, the United States Supreme Court declined to grant "standing" t...

A while back, a friend of mine commented that (despite the pereceptions of the state at large) she does not view the community in which we l...

In a recent decision that is getting quite a bit of press, the Supreme Court changed the law in relation to which "facts" can be c...

... What does Brave Sir Bush do? In the context of Darfur, according to Nicholas Kristof , he won't say a word. I don't want to be u...

Many years ago, griping from the music industry resulted in a fee, attached to any blank cassette tape, which is supposed to compensate the ...

... that the Bushies were attacking Clinton for his North Korea policy, in which he had offered aid in return for their promises to freeze t...

Today's Washington Post calls for reforms in the foster care system , noting, " On average, children entering foster care languish ...

A couple of days ago, the London Guardian challenged us as to whether we really want honest politicians . Now it asks us whether democracy i...

Big news from the Heritage Foundation - " The liberals seek to tear our nation apart. " Yup. You heard that right. According to Pr...

In a rather odd editorial in the Guardian, it is suggested that in politics, trust is an exaggerated commodity . The author suggests, But th...

But will we let them? The Guardian suggests that, as a whole, we won't: And so, in the eighth year of [Prime Minister Blair's] prem...

Steve Bell, whose dislike for the Bush Administration is quite patent in much of his work, addresses the issue of responsibility: While Bell...

... we do want to avoid bad press when we limit their access to the courts .

A few months ago, I wrote what I thought was pretty obvious (so no pats on the back for my prescience): While Iran, which is high on the Bu...

Would you believe , Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was told in 2002 that Cheney's former company would receive no-bid w...

I once heard a police polygraph examiner speak, and he waxed poetically about the wonders of his machine and his tremendous skill in discern...

The Supreme Court " sidesteps " the Pledge question? Year after year after year, thousands of people petition the United States Su...

Commenting on a failed British effort to get greater voter turnout with mail-in ballots, the Guardian notes that problems with voter fraud ...