Let’s accept one thing: regardless of what happens to the Roberts nomination (and it looks like we can expect some hot air early, followed by a sunny confirmation, and a zero percent chance of filibuster – so bluster, but no buster) and the eventual retirement of Rehnquist (which didn’t happen this year, but probably will before 2008), George W. Bush

In evaluating the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, we need to remember that the GOP is comprised, if I might overgeneralize a bit to make a point, of two groups.

Today’s question is for HP CEO Mark Hurd: LP: Mr. Hurd, you just announced that HP will be firing 14,500 employees, which will bring the body count since May of 2002 to something approaching 30,000 workers. Since it’s now clear that Carly Fiorina’s bold butchering of 15K jobs three years ago somehow didn’t launch HP to a position of market

Bush is apparently close to nominating Sandra Day O’Connor’s replacement on the Supreme Court, and there’s lot of speculation surrounding Judge Edith Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Maybe, maybe not – we might know later today. In any case, here’s what we can expect.

This commentary originally appeared in the Editor & Publisher online edition. – Reporters are obligated to the truth, and allowing themselves to be pimped by those who would use them as tools against the truth is a crime against the profession and the society it serves. Protecting that which you are bound to expose is malpractice. (July 18, 2005) —

Today’s question is for the as-yet-unnamed Reuters editor who wrote the headline on Patricia Wilson’s Treasongate story this afternoon: LP: A couple years ago President Bush and his beleaguered mouthpiece, Scott McLellan, made clear that if any White House employee were found to be involved in the outing of a CIA operative that person would be fired. In a story

Ooh, ow. This is funny unless, you know, you like Karl Rove.

Today’s question is for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D-NY): LP: Sen. Clinton, despite the red herrings and artificial distractions of faux issues like our endless quagmire in Iraq, Karl Rove’s treasonous betrayal of the American intelligence community, the recent terrorist bombings in London, a spiraling Federal deficit, the prospect of the neo-Puritan Right getting to appoint two justices to the

I got word today that a guy I used to work with killed himself yesterday.

Like everybody else who watched the first episode of Rock Star: INXS the other night, I tuned in for the trainwreck. You know, over-the-hill band that doesn’t know it’s dead yet desperately seeking one more cheap cash-in, etc. A high-gloss version of the state fair circuit But oddly, that show wasn’t on.

I mentioned this once before, but want to say it again. Joe Gandelman’s The Moderate Voice is simply one of the best sites in the blogosphere. He gives vent to commentary from all corners, and his own takes are as smart and well-informed as anything I’ve seen. Check them out, bookmark them, plug them into your RSS reader, whatever. Right

Karl Rove’s lawyer tells National Review Online that Matthew Cooper set Rove up. 1: If so, Cooper is my new hero. 2: You can’t burn an honest man. Just sayin’, is all…

Today’s question is President George W. Bush. LP: Mr. President, in two separate instances in autumn of 2003 you and your spokesman, Scott McLellan, made clear that if whoever leaked the name of Valerie Plame to the press worked at the White House, that person would be fired. Since we abhor those who would give aid and comfort to America’s

My item on the alleged thimerosol/autism link yesterday elicited a lot of feedback, and a majority of it was negative. Which is fine – we aims to incite debate. I got an e-mail today from my good friend, Dr. Will Bower, a medical officer and world class expert on viral hepatitis at a prominent federal health organization (we’re not mentioning

My Dearest SK, Am in receipt of your missive of July 11, and am surely blessed to have reacquired your friendship after these many years. We are especially glad to hear that things are going so well for you in the Carolinas, and we anticipate calling on you there perhaps in late August or early September. Also, I’m grateful for