It looks like Patrick J. Fitzgerald isn't quite done: "Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case. "In...
Ah, Good Times
Neocon media giant Conrad Black was indicted on multiple charges of fraud today. He could get up to 40 years in prison for allegedly stealing $52 million from Hollinger International (part of $80 million allegedly stolen overall). Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (yes,...
Bad Moon Rising
National Review's Rod Dreher on Rep. John Murtha's change of heart:Don't know how many of you caught Rep. John Murtha's very angry, very moving speech just now in which he called on the White House to institute an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. CNN...
In Defense of Lying
Jonah Goldberg gets off to a bold start at the LA Times:What if Bush did lie, big time? What, exactly, would that mean? If you listen to Bush's critics, serious and moonbat alike, the answer is obvious: He'd be a criminal warmonger, a failed president and -- most...
Their Saddam, and Ours
Laura Rozen lays into Dick Cheney, and it isn't pretty: "The guy supports torture. He hides out in bunkers. He conspires with big oil to deceive the Congress. His chief of staff has been indicted for covering up that office's role in outing a CIA officer to the media...
Return of the Rational Republicans
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska), in a November 15 speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, in Washington, D.C. "The Iraq war should not be debated in the United States on a partisan political platform. This debases our country, trivializes the seriousness of war...
Oh, Puh-leeeeeeeze, Arianna!
This headline has got to be the stupidest ever: "Bush, Schwarzenegger Flee to World's Biggest Red State"! So who is ridiculous enough to be red-baiting (albeit semi-humorously) the nation's two top Republicans? Who else but Arianna Huffington? She's plastered it in...
Willis offers cash for bin Laden
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis, expressing far more displeasure with the Bush administration's prosecution of the "War on Terror" than he cares to admit, has stepped up to the plate and offered a million dollars for information leading to the capture of al Qaeda leaders...
The New Leninism: The Theory & Practice of Bushevism
The new Evil Empire spreads its tentacles over the world: "...Fearful of future terrorist attacks and frustrated by the slow progress of intelligence-gathering from prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Pentagon officials turned to the closest thing on their organizational...
Warbloggers: suckers for the “MSM”
Arthur Silber on the warblogger pile-on to the scurrilous attack on Jimmy Massey's credibility by St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Ron "Embedded" Harris. (and welcome back Arthur, you were missed.) From the AWC blog archives, here's Scott Horton on his interview with...


