Obama’s image problem persists
June 13, 2008
Tenn. Democratic official Fred Hobbs says of Obama: "He may be terrorist-connected for all I can tell."
Town hall talks break down
June 13, 2008
Obama camp offers just one town hall and one extra debate. See also: McCain camp not happy
A Bull Market Sees the Worst in Speculators
June 13, 2008
Hostility in Washington toward speculators is starting to worry people who know how commodity markets work.
Portfolio: Sens. received special loans
June 13, 2008
Report names Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad as recipients of VIP loans through Countrywide CEO Mozilo.
With McCain voters should consider odds of Alzheimer’s as they should with any candidate
June 13, 2008
The fact of the matter is that as we age, the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease increase. There are relatively simple, if time consuming, psychological tests to increase the accuracy of predicting one’s odds. I was given a half hour version of the test on the phone before I could get long term health care insurance. Is such a test part of McCain’s public medical record?
Censorship, the last refuge of cowards
June 13, 2008
I haven’t ever posted an article on this site, but there’s a first and a last for everything.
When a website solicits comments on their articles and then censors them because they don’t agree with the content, one has to wonder what the exchange really is.
6 More States Report Illnesses From Tomatoes
June 13, 2008
A total of 228 people in 23 states, now including New York, have been reported sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes.
News Analysis: Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Rationale
June 13, 2008
Despite the Supreme Court’s decision stripping the legal premise behind the Guantánamo Bay detention center, it will not close today or any day soon.
Republican Ron Paul drops White House bid
June 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long-shot White House hopeful Ron Paul formally abandoned his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, vowing to remain on the political scene.
Olbermann: The mouth that bored
June 13, 2008
Keith Olbermann, MSNBC’s pied piper of partisan political punditry, may be starting to wear thin with the very people who made him a star — the political left wing.
After trumpeting a meaningless ratings win over right-wing Fox News blowhard Bill O’Reilly, who was on vacation, Olbermann’s tiresome self-promotion act went into overdrive.