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New York Times Editorial Board Slams Senate GOP Candidates on Climate

By | 10.18.10 | 9:13 am

The New York Times editorial board came out swinging in a Sunday editorial on climate change, slamming Republican Senate candidates for questioning whether climate change is largely a result of human activity.

To illustrate its point, the board compared the candidates to former Vice President Dick Cheney, who led More…

Yoo Never Met Bush but Would Recommend He Torture People All Over Again

By | 12.29.09 | 3:57 pm

In a forthcoming Q & A to be published in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo tells Deborah Solomon that he never met President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney, but that he would advise them all over again that More…

Inhofe Launches ‘Climategate’ Investigation

By | 11.24.09 | 5:29 pm

The office of Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, just issued a press release announcing the launch of an investigation into “Climategate,” the quasi-scandal involving the release of more than a thousand hacked emails that reveal agenda-driven behavior on the More…

Right Said Fred

By | 01.15.09 | 6:34 am

There’s much to recommend in this Fred Barnes retrospective of the Bush presidency: like the president, Barnes is a political animal who sees Republican victories and defeats of slimy liberals as the measures of success that matter. You could pluck any paragraph and start asking questions about the logic, More…