Charlie Black, John McCain’s senior adviser, made news earlier this week when Fortune Magazine editor David Whitford reported that Black told him “with startling candor” when asked how a terrorist attack inside the United States would affect the campaign,”Certainly it would be a big advantage to [McCain].”
“He’s very folksy, but he’s tough. Charlie will pat […]

In my ongoing crusade to point out that racism exists north and west of the Mason-Dixon Line, I want to commend the police in Jon’s adopted hometown. In case you missed the News of the Weird mention, here it is:
The Los Angeles Police Department announced in April that it had investigated 320 complaints against its […]

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and the prudence never to practice either of them.
— Mark Twain ((1835-1910), American novelist

Er, make that “snooze room.” Although I’m not able to attend the Serve to Preserve climate summit, Gov. Charlie Crist’s PR people are keeping my inbox full of the most up-to-date press releases about all the important, meaningful stuff that’s happening at the Hotel Inter-Continental.
Gosh, it’s almost like being there, but without having to pay […]

Fearless reporter Buck planned to attend Florida’s “Serve to Preserve” climate summit, now taking place in Miami. His day job is getting in the way, but Buck has mixed feelings about not being there.
I don’t think this year’s summit is anything like last year’s — no big names, rather stupid-sounding sessions and “news” like this […]

People haven’t felt this bad about the economy since the first Bush was president. As the current Bush might say, “Fool me once, uh, well…won’t get fooled again. Heh-heh.”
I hate to say “I told you so” (actually that’s not true, I really enjoy being right) but I warned all those young Republicans whippersnappers who got […]

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has come into a world of hurt this week for acting like a Republican. Not for something he did, but for what he didn’t do — he didn’t veto a bill that would almost double the pay of the state’s part-time legislators.
Effective July 8, the legislators get a raise from […]

It’s no wonder America’s mayors feel their cities have been discarded by the federal government under the Bush administration. As one source earlier this week put it, things seem to be falling apart, whether you’re a home owner, a driver, a polar bear, or a Midwesterner living near a levee.*
As Miami’s mayor Manny Diaz told […]

“I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, […]