Eliot Cohen wrote: “Political people often dislike calling things by their names. Truth, particularly in wartime, is so unpleasant that we drape it in a veil of evasions, and the right naming of things is far from a simple task.”…
Adopt a Ford Dealer on April 1st The Sierra Club’s latest campaign will ask people around the country to ‘adopt’ a Ford dealer in their community and schedule a meeting with the dealership. At the meeting you are instructed to…
the World Bank President. Worldbankpresident.org editors Alex Wilks and David Steven shine a spotlight on the intrigues surrounding the selection process and examine the likely candidates and their track records. They also pass on as much speculation and gossip as…
Following is the 51 to 49 roll call vote by which the Senate moved to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling:Supporters of drilling voted Against removing a section of the budget resolution anticipating revenue from ANWR drilling.Opponents…
Cap Times says, “The Army signed up 27 percent fewer recruits in Wisconsin last month than expected, putting it behind schedule for reaching its full-year recruiting goal, officials said Thursday. This was the first time it had fallen short of…
The White House announced Friday that the Treasury Department is spending more tax dollars on spin doctors called in to perform CPR on the Bush plan to privatize Social Security with new a Web site, strengtheningsocialsecurity.gov but, I suggest you…
A lab owned by California-based Genetic Savings and Clone is under construction in Waunakee, Wisconsin. It’s set to open in late March. And wouldn’t you know it? They’re having a sale! “After years of research and development, February 1, 2004…
“We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish,” says Sen. Russ Feingold in his first ever, extensive blog post.
John S. Coleman. wildlife ecologist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and Stanley A. Temple, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say, “Our research in Wisconsin suggests that free-ranging rural cats may be killing…
Each Tuesday, beginning today, DemsTV.com, “will feature 20 minutes or so of talking-head chatter from a rotating cast of young Democratic operatives,” says Brian Faler in the Washington Post. However, the traffic must be taking a toll on the server(s)…