I don't know how many of you know who Betsy McCaughey is, but she is very influential in Republican health care politics: Back in the early 1990's, Betsy McCaughey wrote…
Watching Republicans is like watching a bratty kid's temper tantrum. Here's another fun detail from last night's Americans For Prosperity teletown hall, which featured Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Rep.…
It is difficult to remember sometimes that we are a blog with a large readership, but a small group of commenters. This Band of Bloggers sometimes forgets that we aren’t just talking to ourselves here.
For as long as I've been posting here -- especially since this became a Team blog -- I don’t think we’ve ever talked about how we work. This is it:
TPM has a video of Senator "Diaper" David Vitter (R-LA) being asked by a constituent about his support for drug reimportation from Canada. Republicans have spent many months describing Canada…
One of the rites of passages high-ranking government officials go through after they retire is to write a book. Former Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge is no different. His new book,…
Julie & Julia is the story about a young failed novelist --- god, I'm getting old as I call someone turning 30 young --- and her quest to do something with her life. Besides her too perfect husband, she loves writing and cooking; she chooses to go blog her way recipe by recipe through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Senator Kennedy has asked the state of Massachusetts to re-examine its law to fill a vacancy in a Senate seat: A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders…
The Sporting Blog (where you'll have to sit through the usual snarkiness about Delaware) has been following the sports betting drama here and found themselves asking the same questions we do:
Of course, we already knew this. Gosh, it's getting really hard being right all the time. Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was never invited to…
I am no third party advocate, to be sure, but there is one law, or rather, a provision in our state Constitution that I cannot stand. Even though Governor Markell…
It's been a while since we had a new Bush scandal to talk about... The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA…