AUSTIN, Texas -- It's the All-American Blame Game! A
Finger-Pointing festival. A perfectly circular firing squad of, "Told you
so." Bureaucrats perfecting their CYA moves. Politicians jumping on the
opportunity to make points...
14 August 2003
Contrary to media cliches about “the silly season,” this is a time
of very serious -- and probably catastrophic -- political maneuvers.
From California to the U.N. building in New York City to the sweltering heat of Iraq...
From California to the U.N. building in New York City to the sweltering heat of Iraq...
13 August 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- Hang in there, Texas Eleven. You are not
forgotten.
Gov. Goodhair Perry says the AWOL senators are holding up "issues of great importance to the people of Texas." That's funny. There has been one...
Gov. Goodhair Perry says the AWOL senators are holding up "issues of great importance to the people of Texas." That's funny. There has been one...
11 August 2003
DUBLIN, N.H. -- What a summer for national credulity fitness. My
credulity gets a lot of exercise, since I cover Texas politics. Like Alice
in Wonderland's White Queen, years of practice have enabled me to believe as
many as six impossible...
09 August 2003
Thought you might be interested in these two items:
* The ombudsman at National Public Radio has written a piece that’s partly a response to a recent column I wrote about media attacks on Rep. Jim McDermott for going to...
* The ombudsman at National Public Radio has written a piece that’s partly a response to a recent column I wrote about media attacks on Rep. Jim McDermott for going to...
07 August 2003
CAMDEN, Maine -- Let us stop to observe a few mileposts on the
downward path to the utter degradation of political discourse in this
country.
A recent newspaper advertising campaign by "independent" groups...
A recent newspaper advertising campaign by "independent" groups...