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What’s in a Lie?

I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, has been found guilty of lying an...

Profiles in Everyday Courage

He always seemed so grim, my doctor. He seldom smiled, despite my constant stream of (usually) funny ...

March Madness on Capitol Hill

It’s time for that annual ritual known as March Madness. No, this March Madness isn’t about college b...

Shooting Elephants in a Barrel

This makes it official: It's illegal to be Republican...

Week of March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 Washington, DC Vol. 42, No. 5b Libby conviction is an embarrassment for Bush, but Democ...

Walter Reed: Government Health Care

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon belongs to a government-run health-care program......

The Libby Verdict

Lynched by the Media The trial of I. Lewis “Scooter Libby was a media lynching. U.S. Special Prosecut...

The Soldiers the Media Love

Dead, wounded, crazies, kooks, bums and cowards???...

The ‘Peace’ Brigade vs. the Stryker Brigade

Last week, I wrote about the Gathering of Eagles – veterans, active-duty troops, bikers, activists an...

Terror Porn

Politicians and security analysts constantly remind us that a terrorist attack is just a matter of ti...

Maliki’s Political and Economic Bullet

Petroleum is the resource that dominates discussion of Iraq’s economy. However, water and rich agricu...

To Life, to Life! Or Fry ‘Em? Even Sex Offenders Can Be Punished Too Severely

New York is about to become the 20th state with a civil commitment program for sex offenders, thereby...

Lynched by the Media

Clarence Thomas famously said the verbal mugging he received at his Senate confirmation hearing for h...

‘Superlawyer’ Blasts Libby Verdict, Calls for Pardon

A high-powered political lawyer blasted the guilty verdict in the case of Lewis “Scooter” Libby and c...