After essentially caving on FISA legislation, Democrats have started to turn on each other, according to the Washington Post. Activists blame Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid for failing to use their majorities to turn back Bush administration policies, while conservative... [...]
Hillary Clinton has decided to return some of the money donated to her campaign through Norman Hsu after learning of his outstanding warrant for fraud and failure to appear. She will direct $23,000 to charity, less than half of the... [...]
On Monday, I had the opportunity to interview Fred Thompson briefly between stops at the Minnesota State Fair. I aired the recording of the interview the same day on my CQ Radio show, along with a recording of the press... [...]
Hillary Clinton has decided to return some of the money donated to her campaign through Norman Hsu after learning of his outstanding warrant for fraud and failure to appear. She will direct $23,000 to charity, less than half of the... [...]
On Monday, I had the opportunity to interview Fred Thompson briefly between stops at the Minnesota State Fair. I aired the recording of the interview the same day on my CQ Radio show, along with a recording of the press... [...]
The lack of facilities in a national health-care system has resulted in the death of a newborn. Japan, whose system has been cited as a model for the United States to consider, has few medical facilities in their rural areas,... [...]
At least the latest travesty in the art world comes Down Under rather than the US, but that only shows how global the collapse of art from a meaningful form to an anti-Christian realm of bigots has become. The latest... [...]
The lack of facilities in a national health-care system has resulted in the death of a newborn. Japan, whose system has been cited as a model for the United States to consider, has few medical facilities in their rural areas,... [...]
Richard Jewell died yesterday at 44, the victim of diabetes and kidney failure. Richard Jewell's public reputation died eleven years ago, the victim of a mistake by law enforcement and a media blitz that did its best to paint him... [...]
At least the latest travesty in the art world comes Down Under rather than the US, but that only shows how global the collapse of art from a meaningful form to an anti-Christian realm of bigots has become. The latest... [...]
Richard Jewell died yesterday at 44, the victim of diabetes and kidney failure. Richard Jewell's public reputation died eleven years ago, the victim of a mistake by law enforcement and a media blitz that did its best to paint him... [...]
Larry Craig defended himself yesterday by insisting that he had done nothing wrong, and that his decision to plead guilty was a mistake that he regretted. He also insisted that he would keep his Senate seat and didn't rule out... [...]
Larry Craig defended himself yesterday by insisting that he had done nothing wrong, and that his decision to plead guilty was a mistake that he regretted. He also insisted that he would keep his Senate seat and didn't rule out... [...]
It's been a fun day at CQ -- the comment scripts still have their problems, and once again they locked me out of the site and dented my blog output, as well as other work-related issues that I had to... [...]
It's been a fun day at CQ -- the comment scripts still have their problems, and once again they locked me out of the site and dented my blog output, as well as other work-related issues that I had to... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation joins me to talk about his latest paper on poverty in the US. You will be surprised about the definition of poverty in America and its... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation joins me to talk about his latest paper on poverty in the US. You will be surprised about the definition of poverty in America and its... [...]
For the first time in years, even the Census Bureau has noted a drop in American poverty, mostly among Hispanics. For the elderly, the poverty rate hit a low not seen since the Eisenhower administration -- and given the rather... [...]
For the first time in years, even the Census Bureau has noted a drop in American poverty, mostly among Hispanics. For the elderly, the poverty rate hit a low not seen since the Eisenhower administration -- and given the rather... [...]
Moqtada al-Sadr, who has tread lightly on Iraq's stage for the past several months, announced today that his Mahdi Army will undergo rehabilitation. It will take the next six months to reorganize itself, and in the meantime will conduct no... [...]
Moqtada al-Sadr, who has tread lightly on Iraq's stage for the past several months, announced today that his Mahdi Army will undergo rehabilitation. It will take the next six months to reorganize itself, and in the meantime will conduct no... [...]
Earlier this week, the Democratic National Committee touched off a feud with its state party in Florida by threatening to bar their delegates if they did not change their primary date back to comply with the rules. The Republican National... [...]
As more news outlets look into the story of the pair wanted for questioning by the FBI after a series of incidents on Seattle ferries, the more details start sneaking out about their odd behavior. CNN reports on the story... [...]
Earlier this week, the Democratic National Committee touched off a feud with its state party in Florida by threatening to bar their delegates if they did not change their primary date back to comply with the rules. The Republican National... [...]
John Edwards got a big round of applause from union workers in Florida when he shared his policy direction on the environment. He told the crowd that Americans should be prepared to sacrifice, and the first sacrifice should be the... [...]
As more news outlets look into the story of the pair wanted for questioning by the FBI after a series of incidents on Seattle ferries, the more details start sneaking out about their odd behavior. CNN reports on the story... [...]
One of Hillary Clinton's major fundraisers turns out to also be a major felon on the run. Yesterday, connections to Norman Hsu turned up in a Wall Street Journal investigation into large donations from a family of modest means at... [...]
John Edwards got a big round of applause from union workers in Florida when he shared his policy direction on the environment. He told the crowd that Americans should be prepared to sacrifice, and the first sacrifice should be the... [...]
One of Hillary Clinton's major fundraisers turns out to also be a major felon on the run. Yesterday, connections to Norman Hsu turned up in a Wall Street Journal investigation into large donations from a family of modest means at... [...]
Taliban forces ambushed American and Afghan troops in Kandahar province today -- and now probably wish they hadn't. They killed one Afghan soldier and wounded three others, but lost over 100 men when the Americans called airstrikes down on their... [...]
Right at the beginning of the post, I'm going to state that I find Larry Craig's conduct in the Minneapolis-St Paul Airport reprehensible. I find his conduct during his arrest even more so, obviously trying to intimidate the arresting officer... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), John Hawkins joins us to talk over some big stories -- the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, Larry Craig's wide stances, and perhaps even Iran's shifting on nuclear inspections. However, we're going to... [...]
The Wall Street Journal has noticed a strange correlation between the donations of a major contributor to Hillary Clinton and a family living in a modest Daly City, California home. Despite having an annual income that would likely qualify as... [...]
What does it mean to be poor, both here in America and elsewhere in the world? That question sounds philosophical but is fraught with political consequences. Elections get won or lost on the definition of poverty, and even more significantly,... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), John Hawkins joins us to talk over some big stories -- the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, Larry Craig's wide stances, and perhaps even Iran's shifting on nuclear inspections. However, we're going to... [...]
The US knows that al-Qaeda has a plot in the works to attack America. We know some of the tactical details. However, we don't know enough to generate a specific threat warning or to raise the threat level, according to... [...]
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a backbencher revolt over his refusal to acquiesce to a referendum on the new EU treaty. Brown claims that the treaty, which Tony Blair negotiated in his final days, has no connection to the... [...]
Lindsey Graham has returned from his Air Force reserve posting in Iraq to support the continuation of the surge. The South Carolina Senator, who has not been supportive of past military strategies in Iraq, claims that the US has seized... [...]
Even if Fred Phelps didn't move to Israel, it looks like he's opened a franchise there. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the leader of the ultra-conservative Shas faction, has declared that Israeli soldiers die because they're not devout enough: An influential and... [...]
Has Teheran begun to feel the pressure of international sanctions and diplomatic isolation? Iran has announced that it willgive more cooperation on its nuclear effort, including a secret program that American intel showed had a definite military component: Iran on... [...]
CQ readers may never have heard of Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi writer who finds herself without a nation at the moment, but she has a similar dilemma as the more famous Salman Rushdie. Nasrin fled Bangladesh for her life after... [...]
Mitch brought this story to my attention last night on our NARN broadcast from the State Fair. Local anarchists have begun to organize for the 2008 Republican National Convention, and they started off with an implicit threat of violence and... [...]
Larry Craig, the Republican Senator from Idaho, paid a visit to Minneapolis in June, and apparently wanted the full tour of the Twin Cities. He went from the airport men's room to the hoosegow by the most direct route after... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), I'll broadcast my intervie of Fred Thompson from the Minnesota State Fair. Due to the candidate's brief time available, I'll record the interview and play it back live from the fairgrounds. This... [...]
It appears that Michael Chertoff won't be making any lateral moves to the Department of Justice, if the rumors are any indication. In the aftermath of the statements coming from departing Alberto Gonzales and President Bush, the test balloon sent... [...]
I'm at the Minnesota State Fair all day today, thanks to a couple of scheduling issues that came up over the weekend. The Fred Thompson campaign offered me a chance to get a quick interview with the Senator at midday,... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), I'll broadcast my intervie of Fred Thompson from the Minnesota State Fair. Due to the candidate's brief time available, I'll record the interview and play it back live from the fairgrounds. This... [...]
It appears that another custody case has started moving down the same path once trod by Elian Gonzales and Janet Reno. A Cuban father has demanded the return of his child after the mother emigrated to the US and no... [...]
Alberto Gonzales has resigned as Attorney General, apparently effective on confirmation of his replacement. He resigned Friday in a phone call to George Bush, but the President waited to announce it until he had a chance to meet with Gonzales... [...]
Yesterday's Arizona Republic reported on an interesting phenomenon taking place as a new workplace identification law approaches implementation. Those workers with no documentation -- in other words, illegal aliens -- have begun to sell off their property and leave the... [...]
Now that Hamas has consolidated its grip on Gaza, its leadership in Damascus has a new assignment for the terrorists. They have sent an order to Hamas to prepare a massive attack inside Israel -- from the West Bank: Yahiya... [...]
Let's say we're at war, and we're waiting for some specific action to take place to show us that our efforts are succeeding. Add in that the war itself would be rather controversial and that our political class is split... [...]
It looks like the Iraqi political leadership remained on the job during their August recess. Representatives of all main sects in Iraq announced agreement on the most contentious issues, including a deal to initiate revenue sharing on oil production that... [...]
Twenty-five years ago, I followed the comic strip Bloom County avidly. Berkely Breathed's sense of the absurd and his flair for political and social satire surpassed anything on the comics page in the 1980s. Part Jules Pfeiffer, part Pogo, but... [...]
Bruce Bartlett pushes back against the growing enthusiasm for the Fair Tax, the proposal to replace the income-tax system with a federal sales tax to eliminate the need for the IRS. Bartlett, a former Reagan and Bush 41 economist at... [...]
The Politico reports on Fred Thompson's latest speech in Indianapolis, and concludes that the soon-to-be candidate may have decided on a theme of even straighter talk than his friend, John McCain. The Midwestern Republican Leadership Conference got a sobering look... [...]
Nouri al-Maliki may have a knack for American politics, even if he has proven somewhat disappointing in Iraqi politics. After Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin demanded Maliki's resignation or ouster, the Iraqi Prime Minister reminded them that they should concern... [...]
US News & World Report's Washington Whispers column dropped a tantalizing prediction on Friday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would soon depart. His replacement? The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart... [...]
The Huffington Post published a plea to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs today to arrest George Bush for "conduct unbecoming" -- essentially, a military coup against the elected government of the United States. Martin Lewis claims that the military... [...]
The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our six-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 11 am CT. The first two hours features Power Line's John Hinderaker and Chad and Brian from Fraters Libertas. Mitch and I... [...]
For once, Howard Dean is right, and he's likely to pay a large price for it. Dean warned Florida Democrats that he would refuse to certify their delegates at the Democratic National Convention in 2008 for their participation in fouling... [...]
The Politico notes that the Congressional recess in August, which Democrats hoped to use to create momentum for withdrawal legislation, has instead brought an inertia to action for its members. Once at home with the constituents, the progress of the... [...]
The Barack Obama campaign won an endorsement that sounds more like a kiss of death to anyone who survived the Jimmy Carter era. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the man who oversaw the disastrous foreign policy of the Carter administration, picked Obama to... [...]
Allahpundit piqued my curiosity with his link to Robert Fisk's latest screed at the Independent, wherein he claims to be unable to find answers to many questions about the 9/11 attacks. Don't call me a conspiracy theorist, he says, and... [...]
Hours after releasing an admission that he had helped kill dogs and had bankrolled gambling as part of a dogfighting operation, Michael Vick got an indefinite suspension from the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell cited the "cruel and reprehensible" nature of... [...]
One of the accusations commonly tossed at the Bush administration is that they politicize the war on terror. Critics use every warning from the White House about elevated threat levels to claim that the administration wants to get some sort... [...]
The Club for Growth's RePork Card has had its first success. Placer County GOP chair Ken Campbell has announced that he will no longer endorse Rep. John Doolittle, the longtime Republican appropriator who scored a whopping 2% on anti-pork voting:... [...]
I've been meaning to test the new CQ design with a YouTube presentation but just hadn't gotten around to it. This one should do nicely. It uses South Park animation to address the most bitter divide on the Internet, and... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson joins us again to review the week's stories. We'll talk about the Seattle P-I story regarding their refusal to publish the pictures of two men of interest in several... [...]
Minnesota's plan to replace the St. Anthony Bridge will take a page from California's expedited effort after the 1994 Northridge earthquake by incentivizing the contractors. They can earn an extra $27 million if they can complete the replacement by December... [...]
According to alert CQ reader Shelbysbest, an ardent Fred Thompson supporter, Fox News showed a rather dismissive attitude towards the proto-candidate on last night’s Special Report with Brit Hume. During the roundtable discussion in the second half of the show,... [...]
ABC News reports that a number of suspicious incidents have been reported on ferries in the state of Washington, according to the FBI. Accordingly, they have issued warnings to local law enforcement and alerted the Coast Guard to heighten their... [...]
Earlier this week, I noted that Zimbabwe had begun accelerating towards collapse with the imposition of price controls, backed up by enforcement squads that provided little more than government-assisted looting. I wrote at the time that when state-created shortages threaten... [...]
Gordon Brown didn't take long to hit full reverse on his campaign promise to allow a national vote on the new EU constitution. Conservative MP Daniel Hannan notes in the Telegraph that while Brown makes it sound as if conditions... [...]
The Wall Street Journal steps into the hornet's nest of racial politics today with a provocative commentary from Gail Heriot. She points to a UCLA study that claims race-based admissions policies to universities designed to boost African-Americans may have inadvertently... [...]
Twin Cities residents now have to share a moment of shame with New York City. Forty years ago, Kitty Genovese screamed for help when being murdered, and her Big Apple neighbors didn't lift a finger to help her -- not... [...]
One of the odder aspects of the war on drugs has been the disparate treatment that different drugs get. No drug shows this difference more than cocaine. Produced and distributed by violent cartels in South America, it arrives in the... [...]
The Congressional Black Caucus and Fox News finally surrendered to reality and canceled the presidential debate scheduled for September 23rd. Most of the Democratic candidates refused to attend, claiming that Fox was so biased that they couldn't endorse it by... [...]
The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq has leaked out of Washington this afternoon, and it consists of an update to the official January NIE. According to the most complete republication of the unclassified portion, it tells us little that... [...]
Unfortunately, we seem to have introduced some weird loop into the comment scripting with the site changes. It's kept me from blogging most of the day and created astronomical server loads. Until we can address this later today, I've had... [...]
Unfortunately, we seem to have introduced some weird loop into the comment scripting with the site changes. It's kept me from blogging most of the day and created astronomical server loads. Until we can address this later today, I've had... [...]
Please note: we are working on the comment scripts. If you click "Post", your comment will register, even if the screen fails to reload properly. Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), we'll talk with Rudy Giuliani advisor Paul Celucci... [...]
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) conducted a wide-ranging survey of its membership in five key primary states. Contrary to some analyses of the overall electorate, the AARP found that Democrats and Republicans alike were overwhelmingly open to changing... [...]
The Democrats and Charles Grassley have proposed an expanded tax on equity partnerships to offset a middle-class tax cut -- a typical soak-the-rich plan that will rain on a lot more people than politicians think. However, it won't soak the... [...]
Mitt Romney has had a tougher time on abortion than Rudy Giuliani in this presidential cycle. Rudy had a momentary stumble that finally forced him to state his support for abortion rights. Romney has tried to play down his earlier... [...]
The El Paso Times caught National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell in an unusually talkative mood. They posted the transcript of what they call a "debate" with one of the Times' reporters about the effect the FISA debate in Congress had... [...]
It appears that Bill Clinton may have exaggerated his record when it came to strategizing against Osama bin Laden. Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball take a look at the Inspector General's report of the pre-9/11 intelligence failures at the... [...]
British laws have some of the most restrictive gun-control regulations in the West. Even so, for years the British have seen gun crime skyrocketing as more and younger criminals realize the advantage they have with a firearm in hand: The... [...]
As CQ readers have already surmised, we launched the new site design this afternoon. We've made quite a few changes, and I'd like to walk you through some of them -- and get your feedback on this thread. The site... [...]
Earlier today, the Italian news service AKI reported that the presumed leader of the largest insurgency in Iraq will start cooperating with the Iraqi government. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, one of the highest-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's government, reportedly pledged to... [...]
Today on CQ Radio (2 pm CT), I'll be talking with NZ Bear about the new Freedoms Watch site, which has the support of the Victory Caucus. We'll also talk about the new site design launched here at CQ... [...]
Seattle has spent the last couple of weeks redefining journalistic objectivity -- downwards. First, the Seattle Times newsroom erupts in cheers when Karl Rove announced his resignation, and now the Post-Intelligencer refuses an FBI request to publish photos of men... [...]
One might think that the editors of The New Republic would use their energy to investigate the collapse of their credibility after publishing a fabulist for at least the second time in the last few years. Instead, Jonathan Chait takes... [...]
A proposed referendum to replace the current winner-take-all system in California for presidential elections has a strong plurality in favor, according to a Field poll. Voters asked whether they support allocating Electoral College votes on a proportional basis agreed 47%-35%... [...]
Democrats figured that the August recess would give them plenty of opportunity to raise the heat on Republicans to force a withdrawal date from Iraq. They could return to their home districts, stoke some demonstrations, and return with new momentum... [...]
Claudia Rosett, one of the best resources on the United Nations in the national media, gives a lengthy explanation of the UN Development Program at National Review -- and it's not pretty. The UNDP, which retaliated against whistleblower Artjon Shkurtaj... [...]
The visit from the French Foreign Minister to Baghdad signaled a new policy of engagement in Iraq and not just a one-off, the Times of London reports today. Nicolas Sarkozy has decided that a failing Iraq serves no one's interests,... [...]
Bette Midler has long championed environmentalist causes, but apparently that didn't stop her from cutting down 230 trees on her Hawaiian property. The state will fine The Compost Queen $6500 for removing the trees and grading a road without the... [...]
I have to admit it. I'm addicted to Bulls**t. You may wonder why that is such a surprise, given that I blog for a living -- but in this case, I'm talking about the television show featuring Penn & Teller.... [...]
The long-awaited CIA Inspector General's report on the failues that led to 9/11 has been released, or at least its redacted executive summary was published this afternoon. The report puts the blame for the agency's lack of preparation squarely on... [...]
