To contribute to Clinton, that is: Following several stories about the curious contributions by Norman Hsu, a convicted felon who is now a fugitive, to Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, politicians are scrambling to unload donations they received from him, including Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand. The L.A. Times reports that Clinton is donating $23,000 she …
Looks like the Russians want to turn back the clock: Two RAF jets have intercepted a Russian bomber over the north Atlantic. Typhoon interceptors shadowed a Russian Tupolev-95 “Bear” reconnaissance aircraft last Friday. It is the first time the £60m Eurofighter has been scrambled on a genuine alert since it took over defence of Britain’s …
The domestic terrorist surveillance program passed a major obstacle: A federal appeals court panel in Cincinnati yesterday dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic terrorist surveillance program, ruling that those who brought the suit —led by the American Civil Liberties Union – did not have the legal authority to do so. It would have been …
President Bush commuted “Scooter” Libby’s farcical sentence and if there’s any justice, he’ll be pardoned: Nation/Politics Bush open to pardon for Libby By Jon Ward THE WASHINGTON TIMES July 4, 2007 Associated Press White House spokesman Tony Snow said yesterday that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr., who is appealing a March verdict and 30-month sentence, may …
Rosa Brooks, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times wrote the following opinion piece entitled: “To the rest of the world, we’re cheapskates” (Guess who the “cheapskates” are) …I want to talk about the federal international affairs budget. (We columnists are a sneaky lot.) Let me tell you why you should care about the international …
