As many of my readers know, I considered myself a Republican as recently as 1997. Some have asked me why I changed my mind. There are a lot of reasons, of course, but one of the big ones was the GOP’s tendency to do stuff like this: Religious Right activists often insist that America is [...]
Archive for June 15th, 2004
Separation and Texas
Posted in Church & State on June 15, 2004 | 6 Comments »
Church Electioneering Provisions Scrapped
Posted in Church & State on June 15, 2004 | 5 Comments »
This is good news from Americans United: Americans United for Separation of Church and State has hailed yesterday’s vote by a House committee to remove provisions from a tax bill that would have allowed houses of worship to intervene in partisan politics. The so-called “Safe Harbor for Churches” section of the “American Jobs Creation Act [...]
Condolonces
Posted in Bloggin on June 15, 2004 | Comments Off
Matthew Yglesias could use them. So, please, take a moment to offer up what condolonces you can.
Now I've Seen Everything
Posted in Reviews on June 15, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Fox News has given Fahrenheit 9/11 a positive review: But once “F9/11″ gets to audiences beyond screenings, it won’t be dependent on celebrities for approbation. It turns out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail. As much as some might try [...]
Serious People
Posted in Politics on June 15, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Digby points out that we do not have serious people in charge of our government: Today we have lying on a massive scale about matters of war and national security and Bill isn’t worried. He isn’t exercized about the president asserting a right to set aside laws and order torture. Back in 1998, Clinton’s lie [...]
Delay Being Brought Up on Ethics Charges
Posted in Politics on June 15, 2004 | 4 Comments »
This is overdue. A Democratic congressman plans to file a wide-ranging ethics complaint today against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), shattering the remnants of a seven-year-old, unwritten ethics truce between the two parties and possibly nudging the House back toward a brand of political warfare that helped topple two speakers. The complaint, which Rep. [...]
Honesty in Drug Trials
Posted in Politics on June 15, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Business > Medical Journals Weigh Plan for Full Drug-Trial Disclosure” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/business/15drug.html?hp”>This is long overdue: organization of top medical journals is considering a proposal that would require drug makers to register clinical trials at their start in a public database in order for results, whether successful or not, to be later considered for publication, according to [...]
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