FactCheck.org takes a look at the ad I mentioned in my post earlier today, and finds it misleading on two fronts. First, it overstates the amount that McCain has received in oil industry campaign contributions: It’s certainly true that McCain gets far more money from donors in the oil and gas industry than Obama does. [...]

Zoriah Miller is a photojournalist who was ejected from his embed assignment for publishing pictures of a dead Marine on his website. I am ambivalent about the merits of Miller’s complaint: To kick someone off an assignment isn’t the same as censoring him, and Miller knew the rules going in. On the other hand, the [...]

• Newest weapon in the war on terror: Knight Rider! You think Cheney will use the show as an example of why we should allow prisoners to be interrogated by talking cars? [io9] • Fight for your mental privacy! And, speaking of the Bush admin, what would they say to Heather having a Mommy with [...]

He’s signed on to help the Packers out with the whole Favre thing. My husband writes: “Any moment now, the club will announce that Favre’s return to the locker room will be greeted with sweets and flowers…”

There’s a fair amount of excitement this week in Elkhart, Indiana, over the possibility that Barack Obama’s visit there on Wednesday may be more than a routine campaign stop. I’m not privvy to any special information about when and where Obama will be announcing his running mate, or who it will be. But it seems [...]

In the comments thread a few posts down, we’ve been having a discussion about whether there’s a legitimate (that is, policy-based, as opposed to politically based) argument for a windfall profits tax on oil companies. I’m dubious, because the proposal seems to be based more on the current unpopularity of the oil industry than anything [...]

The headline from Obama’s Energy speech is likely to be his “flip flop” (or whatever) on drilling. But what’s the headline behind the headline? As usual, “Obama Stuns Nation by Revealing Himself to be a Politician.” Here’s a particularly interesting paragraph from that speech: George Bush’s own Energy Department has said that if we opened [...]

ON THE PHL TARMAC–The McCain’s campaign to label Barack Obama bad for America’s energy future came to suburban Philadelphia today–to a label making company called the National Label Company. They make it all: The labels for Suave Shampoo and the labels for Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Said McCain, “Unfortunately, Barack Obama continues to oppose offshore drilling. [...]

Barack Obama is up with a very tough hit on McCain: Meanwhile, Obama (who turns 47 today) is giving a major address on energy in Lansing, with the news being that he is calling for tapping 70 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve–a reversal of his previous opposition. Over the weekend, Obama [...]