Category: News

Many Major Kerry Donors Actually Give More to Bush. Almost half of John Kerry's largest sources of funding have given more money to President Bush, according to a new study. By Glen Justice. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Hentoff on the Rumsfeld-Bush legal black hole. In a piece entitled, The Rumsfeld-Bush Legal Black Hole: Powers Formerly Reserved Only for Kings, Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff reports on a Feb. 6 report from The Association of the Bar of the City of New York condemning the Bush administration's indefinite detentions of alleged enemy combatants. Hentoff… Continue reading Hentoff on the Rumsfeld-Bush legal black hole

MIT's Technology Review – Losing Control of Your TV. By Simson Garfinkel The latest anti-piracy move will prevent you from making high-quality copies of broadcast TV programs. And the new “broadcast flag” technology enables all manner of other restrictions. In the future, the Motion Picture Association of America will control your television set. Every TV… Continue reading Technology Review

Justices Strengthen Right to Confront Witnesses. The Supreme Court today broadened and refined a defendant's right to confront witnesses against him. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Discussing it with….  Discussing it with the people … I will continue to speak about the effects of 9/11 on our country and my presidency … How this administration handled that day as well as the war on terror is worthy of discussion and I look forward to discussing that with the American people. George… Continue reading Discussing it with…

Just to keep….  Just to keep the record straight … “I am confident that this economic recovery will now be sustained and will produce loads of new jobs. Everything we know about economics indicates that the sort of economic growth expected for next year, 3.8 to 4 per cent, will translate into two million new… Continue reading Just to keep…

Lest we miss….  Lest we miss any opportunity to give the White House a hard time over Friday's disappointing employment report, let's not overlook this important detail. None of those 21,000 new jobs came from the private sector. They were all the result of increased government sector hiring.  [Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall]

George Bush – conservative?. Interesting catch from Britt Blaser: Meanwhile, here’s a quote from the cover story of the current issue of American Conservative magazine: The tendency to hate, really hate, opposing politicians surely is not good for American democracy. It is not rational to hate George W. Bush, just as it was not rational… Continue reading George Bush – conservative?

President's panel skewed facts, 2 scientists say. Two scientists from President Bush's top advisory board on cutting-edge medical research yesterday published a detailed criticism of the board's own reports, and said the board skewed scientific facts in service of a political and ideological cause. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Job growth falls short as hiring stalls. The economy generated an anemic 21,000 jobs in February, well below expectations, ensuring that the nation's “jobless recovery” will remain a dominant theme in the presidential campaign. [Boston Globe — Front Page]