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That is the headline of a recent article at the History News Network. An “informal, unscientific survey of historians” showed 81 percent of 415 historians surveyed viewed the Bush Administration as a failure. 12 percent of all historians who responded rate the Bush presidency the worst in American history. 17 percent said Bush was the […] The Diedrich-Herseth race draws the attention of the The New York Times. My favorite quote comes from Diedrich: “She [Herseth] has done a very good job of running as a Republican.” Unfortunately, he is all too accurate. The NY Times also reports that 48 Roman Catholic members of Congress have written a church representative objecting […] That is the substance of a question raised by a reader a week or so ago and that’s been percolating in my mind since. An article in today’s Denver Post (via Atrios) provides a good opportunity to address it. Headlined Bishop draws line for voters, it says: The bishop of Colorado’s second-largest Roman Catholic diocese […] Although the Supreme Court is supposed to be immune from outside influences and pressure, the timing of the controversy surrounding the treatment of Iraqi prisoners could not have come at a better time for the lawyers challenging the Guantanamo detentions and the detention of US citizens as enemy combatants. As respects Guantanamo, concerns of abuse […] I received a variety of comments after saying I could no longer support Stephanie Herseth. They all boil down to a couple key points. Essentially, the argument is she is better than the alternative and is at least is a Democratic voice in the House instead of a Bush “rubber stamp.” Another angle is that […] |
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