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So it appears that John McCain has received tens of thousands of dollars from a shady oil tycoon who’s been sidestepping campaign finance laws (what’s the name of that law again? Oh, right) by routing money through working-class families all over the country. Fortunately for McCain, his buddy Drudge has yet to write about this, [...]

Speaking of international stories we’ve been following, there’s a power-sharing agreement in the works in Zimbabwe. Mugabe and his thugs get amnesty plus a ceremonial new role of “President,” in exchange his goon squad is disbanded and Tsvangirai gets to be prime minister. It’s a pretty controversial step, giving a criminal like Mugabe protection from [...]

We talked about the cyclone in Myanmar a few months back, so I thought it would be useful to our listeners/readers to check out this op-ed in the WaPo, written by a humanitarian aid official. There was a lot of talk at the time about whether or not Myanmar justified military intervention in the face [...]

This is a pretty good representation of what happens when the GOP governing philosophy holds sway. Apparently the Governator decided to try to cut salaries for all state employees to minimum wage by Executive Order. The Republican governor signed an executive order last week recommending the cut to minimum wage for most permanent state workers [...]

McCain vs. Obama, More on Afghanistan and poppies and the story of the anthrax attacks takes a surprising turn. Links Mentioned: Greenwald on the anthrax case … that NYT mag piece on Afghanistan … listen to the author on “To the Point” … the new McCain attack ad. Download the podcast [Upgrading to WordPress v2.6 [...]

Reading this Doris Kearns Goodwin article on whether or not Obama should assemble a “team of rivals,” for his cabinet, the thought that immediately came to mind is that Obama should nominate Hillary Clinton for Secretary of Defense. She’s certainly qualified, having served on the Senate Armed Services committee. But more than that, it would [...]

We pause a moment from the erudite and enlightened dialog you’ll usually find on this site to bring you a tale of woe possible only in Seattle. For years, I’d heard the rumors that the Seattle police actually write tickets for jaywalking. Well, turns out the rumors are true. Just when I was starting to [...]

Will Nick Kristof follow up now that they have a body? We’ll see: A top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the Los Angeles [...]