Mark Goldblatt
Hey, did you hear the latest Bushism? The master of verbal gaffes was at it again recently when he tried to invoke the memory of the Minutemen of Massachusetts, who, in the words of the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, “fired…
To prevent American Muslim charities from providing financial support for Islamic terrorism — as occurred in the recent case of the Virginia-based Holy Land Fund, which was funneling contributions to Hamas — the federal government now requires organizations accepting money…
On Monday, veteran Washington correspondent Helen Thomas turned the daily press briefing into a confrontation with White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Here is their exchange, according to the official transcript: Thomas: Prime Minister Blair took full personal responsibility for…
It’s rare that a single book encapsulates an entire misbegotten mindset, but What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank manages the trick. Frank, a journalist and native Kansan who has written articles…
The traditional strength of American politics is that the two-party system encourages moderation by effectively marginalizing lunatics on both ends of the ideological spectrum. Republicans don’t need to court twitchy backwoods militia types hankering for a return to legalized segregation,…
If you want to understand why the New York Times jumped the shark during Howell Raines’s tenure as executive editor, a solid clue is provided by a startling opinion piece Raines penned this week for the British newspaper the Guardian….
The August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing turned out to be a dud for liberal commentators seeking the elusive bombshell revelation that would demonstrate the Bush Administration’s negligence prior to 9/11. Sure, the headline of the memo was tantalizing: “Osama…
President Bush’s former counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke, who also served under Presidents Reagan, Bush Senior, and Clinton, has charged that the current administration was, in effect, asleep at the wheel prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United…
Ernest Hendon, the last survivor of the notorious Tuskegee Experiment, died in Alabama last month at 96. His death should close a shameful chapter in American medicine. Tragically, however, the legacy of the experiment, in which hundreds of black men…
What goes around comes around — but rarely so rapidly. Earlier this month, New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn punctuated a touchdown against the New York Giants with a choreographed end zone celebration in which he grabbed a cell…
