I missed last night’s “debate” between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. From what I can tell this morning, that was the smartest thing I did all day. I’ve read a […]
The Plame Affair: a quartet of betrayals
Scholars & Rogues presents another guest post from Russ Wellen, an editor at Freezerbox. -=- Shed no tears for Valerie Plame. It’s easy to tell by the radiant smile on her face […]
The linguistic waltz steps of Tony Snow: Watch me dance!
Excerpts from a July 3 press briefing by White House spokesman Tony Snow: Q: Is the President’s decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby — is that the final word in […]
Thompson praises Imperial Privilege
High-profile K Street lobbyist Fred Thompson, who’s in the process of ramping up a run for the White House, today provided a glimpse of the respect with which his administration would display […]
The moral high ground
Once upon a time, Republican moral high-grounders turned a blowjob and land deal-gone-wrong into the end of the world. If you didn’t buy those arguments at the time, you’re probably fairly annoyed […]
Joe Wilson at the CWA: he called Fred Thompson what?!
Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson (some of you may know him by his married name, Mr. Valerie Plame) addressed the 59th Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado this morning, speaking […]