President George W. Bush’s talk of energy independence sure sounds good as a TV sound bite but, as they say, reality bites. From the Chicago Tribune: If America is addicted to oil, as President Bush said Tuesday night in his State of the Union speech, the treatment plan he sketched out is likely to...
Editorializes the San Jose Mercury News on Alito’s confirmation: To no one’s surprise, the Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito Jr. to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was sworn in shortly after the partisan 58-42 vote. A last-ditch attempt by the liberal wing of the Democratic Party to filibuster Alito’s...
We always knew the Bush administration was power mad but a revelations in today’s Washington Post show how the White House tried to take over the National Guard in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. According to the story by Spencer S. Hsu, Joby Warrick and Rob Stein: Shortly after noon on Aug....