 “The university has taken a tremendous hit to its prestige, and it’s hard to see how that can be remedied without (Chemerinsky) being re-offered the position, or some form of censure of Drake’s decision,” said Mark Warschauer, a UCI…
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The Land of the (Mostly) Free
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments
It’s official: under Republican rule, the United States has dropped to 35th place on the list of free nations in the world from 22nd in 2005; this according to the Worldwide Governance Indicators Report and last Friday’s TIME Magazine. The…
Where’s Your Outrage Now Chuck?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Last fall, when Senator John Kerry was delivering a speech for Phil Angelides in Southern California, the good Senator botched a joke. He left out the word “us” as in “You get US stuck in Iraq.” It was a dig…
“Leave General Petraeous Alone!”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
There’s a hysterical viral video making the rounds of a young eye-liner clad young man called “The Last Brittany Spears Fan” crying into a camera admonishing Ms. Spears critics to “Leave Her Alone.” You can find it on YouTube or…
Petraeus or Betray Us? It’s all in the Question Mark
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
Earlier this week, MoveOn.org ran a full page ad in the New York Times under the headline “General Petraeous or General Betray Us?” It sent conservatives into mouth-frothing, unmitigating anger. We had postings here saying MoveOn had accused the general…
CNN’s Michael Ware Refutes President’s Comments on Iraq
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
HT to CrooksandLiars.com, a transcript of CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewing Bagdhad Bureau Chief Michael Ware on the President’s speech last night. BUSH: Today most of Baghdad’s neighborhoods are being patrolled by coalition and Iraqi forces who live among the people…
NEWS FLASH: Edwards to respond to Bush address
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
From the John Edwards Campaign: Tonight, after President Bush makes yet another argument for continuing the war in Iraq, John Edwards will speak directly to the American people in a nationwide address on MSNBC. The Edwards campaign has bought airtime…
