An email to me from Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., regarding U.S Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to hire a prosecutor to look into alleged CIA interrogation misdeeds:
“aww did we scare the baby killing, head sawing little terrorists? good! the president needs to stop this political witchhunt now, before americans actually do get hurt Read More
Predictably as always, the Republicans in Congress and in the conservative media are berating Attorney General Eric Holder for deciding to investigate the C.I.A.’s use of abusive interrogation methods on terror suspects.
They warn that probing this sensitive history will compromise intelligence operations and endanger the nation. They insist that these techniques have, in Read More
Election victories have never come easily to Arlen Specter, who launched his political career by switching his registration from Democratic, the dominant affiliation in his home city, to Republican so that he could run against his boss for district attorney in Philadelphia in 1965.
That deal with the devil helped him in the short term Read More
For an opposition party looking for respect from a new president, the best advice is the same advice that might be given to a freshly-arrived prison inmate: Find someone – anyone – and throw a punch. Right away.
And so it’s become something of a tradition for one Cabinet nominee in every incoming administration to Read More
For an opposition party looking for respect from a new president, the best advice is the same advice that might be given to a freshly arrived prison inmate: Find someone – anyone – and throw a punch. Right away.
And so it’s become something of a tradition for one cabinet nominee in every incoming administration Read More
Eric Holder's status as designated target among the Obama nominees, suggested initially in a tendentious editorial in National Review, was confirmed yesterday in a front-page New York Times story about his role in the Marc Rich pardon. Expect to hear much more from Republicans explaining why poor Holder proved his unworthiness to serve Read More
Eric Holder’s status as designated target among the Obama nominees, suggested initially in a tendentious editorial in National Review, was confirmed yesterday in a front-page New York Times story about his role in the Marc Rich pardon. Expect to hear much more from Republicans explaining why poor Holder proved his unworthiness to serve Read More
