Sununu becomes first Republican lawmaker to call for AG’s resignation. I doubt he’ll be the last. (Man, I bet Hagel is pissed.) UPDATE: An editorial note, for editors: The AG scandal reminds us of just how pernicious the passive voice can be. “Mistakes were made,” “There were mistakes,” etc.: Without an actor, there can be [...]
The International Association of Fire Fighters held their presidential forum today, one of those cattle calls/panderthons that MSNBC usually builds a whole day of programming around. The newsiest thing to come out of it happened last week, when it got out that the IAFF had disinvited/invited Giuliani, who didn’t want to come anyway. Today, the [...]
You just knew that something embarrassing was going to come out of the AIPAC meeting in Washington–aside, of course, from the warm reception accorded Dick Cheney–and here it is. Obama is absolutely right: Palestinians are suffering more than Israelis. Anyone who denies this simple fact, or reads some ulterior motive into Obama’s statement, is playing [...]
