Here we are, just two days into 2009, and already we have a Flying While Muslim incident to discuss. Yesterday at DCA, nine Muslims (identifiable with long beards and hijab, except for the three kids under age eight) were removed from an Air Tran flight. According to an Air Tran spokesman, “people got on and made [...]
Get ready for the standoff surrounding Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty. The best option, of course, would be for all sides to sit down [...]
In many ways, the real beginning of the Obama Administration will not be on January 20, but rather, on Tuesday, when the new Congress shows up to begin work on his agenda. Except that may not be what gets everyone’s attention that day. Senate leaders say they have prepared a contingency plan for what they [...]
