by Charley James
At the end of the state funeral for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on October 3, 2000, official mourners were milling about in front of Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica. Cuban president Fidel Castro stepped over to Jimmy Carter to ask a serious political question:
What did Carter think of using the love of baseball shared [...]

by Charley James
A few nights ago, Rachel Maddow was discussing the Wall St. bailout on her MSNBC show with guest Dr. Laura Tyson.
Tyson, a former economics advisor to Pres. Clinton and now a professor at UC-Berkeley, was defending the banks who received bailout money for their total lack of disclosure or transparency on how they [...]

by Denis Campbell
(Reprise of 18 November Article) While Maricopa County (Phoenix) Judge Edward O. Burke agreed with the state’s Libertarian Party that county elections director, Karen Osborne, did not follow election law, ensure ballot integrity and provide an unbroken custody chain, he ruled against them saying, “in a county the size the size of Maricopa, perfect [...]

 
by Charley James
Should we pity the rich? For the first time in the lives of many of them, they are in as much financial trouble as the middle class, poor and working poor. It just shows up differently.
Friends from the days when I lived in Manhattan are writing increasingly gloomy e-mails saying that there are [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
So are millions of others but founder and CEO Evan Williams said yesterday “The revenue’s coming soon, but I won’t tell you how” at a Churchill Club business event in San Francisco as he brushed aside criticism that the company is slow to generate revenue. That does seem to be a repetitive theme [...]

By Denis Campbell
It was a great election (duh-dum) wasn’t it? A new Democratic President (duh-dum), bigger majorities in the House and Senate (duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh… duhdadeeee) and nothing can go wrong… AEEIIIIIII!!!!! Apologies to John Williams, Peter Benchley and the cast of Jaws, what the heck is going on in the Senate?!?
OK, it was cute that both [...]

by Charley James
Sarah Palin’s father, Chuck Heath, told the AP that Palin spent “the weekend going through her clothing” to determine what belongs to the Republican Party after it spent $150,000-plus on a wardrobe for the vice presidential nominee (and possible Senate candidate? -Ed).
“She was just frantically … trying to sort stuff out,” Heath reports. [...]

by Denis Campbell
Substance or car crash journalism? Having spent quite a bit of time these last nine months with producers and presenters of both types of news network (and yes, at risk of biting a hand that periodically helps feed), the tone and depth of questions in the UK this political season was refreshing and [...]

by Sharon Kyle
All of the candidates have released medical information to the American people stating they are fit to serve, that is, all except Sarah Palin. There has been a flurry of questions buzzing around the blogosphere and elsewhere regarding the lack of medical records for Palin, especially since her appearance on ABC News almost [...]

 
by Denis Campbell
This could become a regular feature at this rate. I again swear I did not swallow but this one was too rich to pass. Also below it is the Eternally Damned if you vote for Obama. I swear I could not make this stuff up…
Pamela “Atlas” Geller Oshry is a conservative blogger previously [...]