This is so much fun. Monica Goodling, who is at the center of the Senate’s investigation of the US Attorney purge publicly stated [through her own lawyer] that she would invoke the 5th amendment if asked questions by the Judiciary Committee. The speculation has been rife ever since about what it is she would prefer […]

The people of America received help from an unlikely source yesterday: the Supreme Court, stacked as it is with reactionary idealogues, ruled against the administration and effectively in favor of more stringent emissions regulation. The New York Times story is here: Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases Now I admit the […]

Last week’s testimony by the pip-squeak Kyle Sampson finally convinced me that there may be hope for the good old US of A. I was glued to the television as the Senate went about its slow motion constitutional duty. I admit I found it rivetting. Who knew that Patrick Leahy was such a sly devil? […]