The Veer Towards Smear

We knew things would start to get ugly as November 7th approached and the Republicans got more and more desperate, didn’t we? The Washington Post [...]

NCLB – The Football Version

A. G. Rud has a funny analogy comparing football with NCLB. Well, funny in a sad, sad way.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND—The Football Version
1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST [...]

The Blinders of Madison County

Rick Davis- Humanities Professor, BYU-Idaho
Tim Grieve had an interesting column in Salon about “The reddest place in America,” Madison County, Idaho, home of BYU-Idaho. Some of the quotes from members of the faculty at BYU-Idaho caused my jaw to drop. For example:
As BYU-I English professor Dawn Anderson tells me, it’s important to understand [...]

Fail the Course

At yesterday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked about “Stay the Course” and why Bush has suddenly [...]

Pathological Liars on Parade

The blogosphere has been debating whether Bush is a psychopath. See here and here, here, here, and here, for example. Personally, I lean toward pathological liar. How else can you account for his claim Sunday, on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, that “We have never been stay the course…”?

UPDATE: White House [...]

Rushing off a Cliff

The New York Times ran a great editorial today that states, in no uncertain terms, the historic folly Congress is engaged in by [...]

Republicans on Bill Sali

Below is the latest Ad from the Larry Grant Idaho 1st district campaign. It uses quotes from fellow Republicans about Bill Salli. I particularly like the quote from former House majority leader Bruce Newcome.