Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was injured in a skiing acccident earlier this week. Her father, then-Gov. Frank Murkowski, appointed her to the Senate seat he abandoned to become Governor.  His humility in appointing his own daughter to replace him is one of the many reasons why he was defeated in his ...

Full employment for shady politicians. At least this guy isn't a tax cheat. That we know of. So far. Adolfo Carrion has a house sized potential conflict of interest. Mr. Carrion is / was Bronx Borough President, a man with $15,000 in credit card debt, $500,000 in mortgage debt, and a $5,000 revolver...

Some articles that highlight Our Present Insanity — Michael Lind in Salon and Paul Krugman in the New York Times both complain that President Obama is being way too cautious and timid and “centrist.� Lind is especially harsh, saying that Obama is falling into the neoliberal pattern of buying i...

Regarding the title: I’m still channeling the Ceiling Cat. Anyway, the new talking point from the GOP on Rush Limbaugh is that the focus on Rush Limbaugh is just a distraction manufactured by Dems to divert attention away from the budget. I’m trying to remember the last time Republicans did anyt...

Rove and Miers will testify to Congress under oath. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the depositions will be closed....

This is a riot....

Rush and other mouthpieces for movement conservatism are not backing down from their public wish that Barack Obama fails. As Dave Neiwert says, his excuse for this is the time-honored foundation of all conservative morality — That other kid did it first. Limbaugh: Did the Democrats want the war in...

And that limit is reached as Tax Cheat Tim Geithner claims that the Obama Administration is going after corporations and sensible people sheltering earnings offshore. Perhaps by appointing them to Cabinet positions....

Be sure to read “Extraordinary Measures: A new memo shows just how far the Bush administration considered going in fighting the war on terror� by Michael Isikoff. See also “George W. Bush’s Disposable Constitution� by Scott Horton and “The newly released secret laws of the Bush administr...

What is it with “movement conservatives� and blowhard narcissists who present themselves as “leaders�? Although some deny it now, for a while the lot of them were ready to follow George W. Bush off a cliff. And now they’re following Rush Limbaugh off a cliff. Not that I mind, but it is a r...