Coalition communications: This is probably something that will engender the disdain of Editor Trish, but I find myself drawn to the Department of Defense press releases like an IED to the roadside. It’s weird because these releases are terrible. They are poorly written, full of doublespeak and just plain old B.S., and often don’t make […]

This week’s issue of the World Health Organization (WHO) Weekly Epidemiological Record, sets out results from the first analysis of epidemiological data on all 205 laboratory-confirmed H5N1 avian influenza cases officially reported to WHO by onset date from December 2003 to 30 April 2006.
Data used in the analysis were collected for surveillance purposes. Quality, reliability […]

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.
— Iskander Mirza (1899-1969), president of Pakistan, quoted in Time, Oct. 20, 1958

Stick a fork in her (please): According to a new Strategic Vision poll, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, leads Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Cuckooland, 61 percent to 26 percent, with 13 percent undecided.
Yesterday, we reported that Harris had announced that her colleagues in the House Democratic delegation from Florida had told her that they […]

War is hell — on the budget: Congress Daily reports that a congressional study found that spending on the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and the war on terror will total more than $500 billion next year. Here’s the breakdown:

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said in a report that through the current […]

Support for Katherine Harris is so universal — according to Katherine Harris — that even Democratic lawmakers from Florida have told her they hope she beats Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.
…According to the Palatka Daily News, Harris said, “I’ve had Democrats in the House of Representatives come to me and say, ‘You know, we’d really […]

The remedy in the United States is not less liberty but real liberty — an end to the brutal intolerance of churchly hooligans and flag-waving corporations and all the rest of the small but bloody despots who have made the word Americanism a synonym for coercion and legal crime.
— Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982), American poet, […]

As the Worst President Ever in American history, George W. Bush so incompetent that his presidency really can’t be compared with any other. Laughably, however, his acolytes and worshippers often compare him with Truman and Reagan, meaning he’s unpopular now but will be well-regarded by history.
But Joseph Nye says that while the comparisons to […]

The campaign staff of Sen. George Allen of Virginia attempted to swiftboat the senator’s Democratic opponent Jim Webb this week over the issue of flag burning. In stark contrast with the reaction by Sen. John Kerry to a similarly sleazy attack in the 2004 presidential campaign, Webb’s staff has attacked back:
The frission started when Allen […]