I don’t know if it’s like this for other reporters, but I never seem to loose a connection to beats I used to cover. When I see those familiar datelines from my former professional life I get excited and pour through the story, occasionally noting the byline of a former colleague or competitor and watching […]

Last year I wrote about the posthumous injustice suffered by Sgt. Patrick Stewart who died in Afghanistan and was denied the religious symbol of his choice on his headstone. Back then the Department of Veteran’s Affairs had a scant 38 approved religious symbols allowed on headstones for dead soldiers, and Stewart’s Wiccan Pentacle was not […]

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced the unhappy representatives of an unhappy public today as they took him to task for his inconsistent story and poor memory about the firing of eight federal prosecutors last year. Congress might not be able to force him to step down, but they sure put him in a corner over […]

Well, Our Fine President has spent much of the last few years talking about how he wants to bring Iraq and the Middle East all the fantastical wonders of our unmatched democratic bliss, and overall I’d have to say that plan is going not so well. Still, he’s at least come somewhat close as his […]

Oh, the rancor Our Fine President and his flacks continue to drum up over those pesky Democrats in the Congress who wont send him a “clean” check to fund the Iraq war the way he wants it run. Every day they turn on the petulance and trot out some new degree of outrage over Congress’ […]

Our Fine President gave a little speech and press conference Tuesday to talk about how unhappy he is with the Democrats in Congress and their plans to muck up his war funding with withdrawal requirements. He spoke on a lot of other topics where he and I don’t come to agreement or even meet in […]