Jan 29,2009
Blagojevich, Shock-n-Y'all
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has missed the bulk of his impeachment trial (scheduled to conclude this afternoon) because he’s been on a media tour all week, hitting everything from The...
Jan 29,2009
Former CIA station chief in Algeria is alleged to have drugged and raped two Muslim women
Today in the Things We Need Like a Hole in the Head department: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is looking into allegations the CIA station chief in Algeria raped...
Jan 29,2009
Lede of the day
From a CNN.com story: (CNN) — It took about 110 years and some delicate surgery on his most private parts, but Henry — a lizard-like creature from New Zealand —...
Jan 29,2009
The New “New Era of Responsibility”
A “new era of responsibility” has quickly emerged as the tagline for President Barack Obama’s inaugural address. Yet new eras of responsibility seem to begin every four years in Washington....
Jan 28,2009
Can you make it through this piece without dry-heaving?
Today’s contribution from the That Taxi Driva Was So Rude To Me department: The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight...