This Week in Washington – May 24, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 24th at 11:00 AM |
This week is the last week of work for the House and Senate before the Memorial Day recess and these are the times when taxpayers should keep a close eye on elites on Capitol Hill. Keep an eye on all of the expensive ideas up for a vote, because this week could prove very expensive for the American people if Congress passes every “must pass” | Read More »
This Week in Washington – May 17, 2010
By: Brian Darling (Diary) | May 17th at 10:35 AM |
Last week was America’s introduction to liberal Elena Kagan. The vetting of President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, will continue this week and we shall see how the least experienced nominee in our collective lifetimes fares in her second week of consideration by the American people. Conservatives assailed Kagan over the weekend for breaking the law in banning the military from recruiting | Read More »
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Alas, I am *not* writing for the Washington Post now.
By: Moe Lane (Diary) | May 8th at 02:52 AM |
Imagine my surprise when British news magazine The Week announced that I was writing for the WaPo: Who they are referring to is actually the Washington Post’s Charles Lane, who indeed is not particularly buying the ‘distraught over his foreclosure’ defense being made on Faisal Shahzad’s behalf. But if it makes The Week feel any better, I was as skeptical about this particular defense as | Read More »
What’s Missing?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | May 4th at 06:37 AM |
Here is the Washington Post story on the detention of Faisal Shahzad, the suspected bomber in New York — or at least a person of interest. Here is the Wall Street Journal story on the same. The man is a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan and was detained as he was trying to fly to Dubai. Guess what words are not mentioned in either story? | Read More »