Success can bring more scrutiny
The spotlight on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee just got a bit brighter. That could explain why he was grinning as he strapped on a bass guitar and stood Friday night…
The GOP’s pissed-off right wing
At a recent regular function where an eclectic group of doctors, lawyers and former and current chiefs meets periodically over dinner to discuss issues of the day, I asked one…
Money? We don’t need no stinkin’ money!
The top official for consumer product safety says his agency doesn't need additional funds to strengthen the agency. On the surface, it looks like a bureaucrat is rejecting a chance to…
Lies, damn lies and Rudy Giuliani
In today's "let's catch a politician in a lie" sweepstakes we find Republican Presidential wannabe Rudy Giuliani. Seems that Rudy promised some 10 months ago to quit his day job at…
Pentagon lies to support funding
The Pentagon has inflated data about the danger of sniper attacks in Iraq to support requests for more than $1 billion in emergency funding. The "misstated" data was part of a…
And you thought it was safe to go back into the woods
Hide! Stay out of sight! For God's sake, stay out of the woods. Dick Cheney is hunting again. Seems the Vice President went on a hunting trip in LaGrangeville, New York, Monday…
Hillary gets heat on the web
The mainstream media may have anointed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and a shoo-in to the White House but the former first lady and current Senator…
A free agent named Clinton
Bill Clinton's transition from President to former President to supporting player in his wife's campaign is just another chapter in the strange political union called the marriage of Bill and…
When all else fails, try compromise
Democrats took over Congress after the 2006 midterm elections confident they could bring an end to the Iraq war and make other changes. They failed. With public approval ratings for Congress plummeting,…
