I’ll have a more formal version of this story up in a bit, but: it turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts state law, which says anyone who carries [an animal] or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in [...]

Leahy subpoenas the OVP with a compliance deadline of July 18. Watch for: testimony on the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program from White House chief of staff Josh Bolton, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Cheney chief of staff David Addington, and National Security Counsel executive director V. Philip Lago. The committee wants a ton of documents, as [...]

I can’t be the only one who finds, in this anecdote, something else entirely besides, “emotion-free crisis management”: Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack. He’d built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride [...]

Pollster.com proclaims that, starting today, Richardson counts as first-tier candidate, based on his “substantial movement” in Iowa and New Hampshire. Richardson has shown no movement nationally, but, argues Pollster.com: [T]hat is exactly the point. When you see his campaign move in early states but not others and not nationally, you see the variation in strength [...]

The world is a bit of a mess right now and CNN gives us Glenn Beck? Please, Mr. Parsons, sir, is this any way to show respect for your–our–viewers? Can’t we, like, try a week of smart? See how that works? Just asking. Your Devoted Employee, Joe Klein

Facing mountains of much-deserved ridicule over what we here at Swampland have come to think of as the Liger Principle, the Vice President has shifted his rationale for refusing to comply with rules regarding the handling and oversight of classified material: In a letter to Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Cheney Chief of Staff David [...]