My friend Lindsay Beyerstein celebrates the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens by crafting a new crabcake recipe in his honor.
Lindsay’s probably a little too fake-America for Uncle Ted’s tastes — she’s using Japanese chili powder and cautions against using regular canned crabmeat, plus she even has More…
Forget partisan camaraderie.
In the wake of Sen. Ted Stevens’ conviction yesterday on charges of failing to report corporate gifts, Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential hopeful, has a terse message for his colleague of 22 years: See ya!
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted Monday of all seven counts related to lying on his federal disclosure forms. The verdict threatens to topple the storied and controversial career of the longest serving Republican in Senate history.
Stevens issued a statement after the verdict vowing More…
Long-time Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) was convicted Monday on all seven charges of providing false statements on financial disclosure forms. The seven-term senator was charged with accepting $250,000 worth of gifts — including extensive renovations on his home — from a friendly oil executive. Stevens had argued that he More…
As Jerry Garcia put it, “Every silver lining’s got a touch of grey.”
Finally, home sales have begun to rebound. But as Mary Kane points out in an insightful analysis, the rising sales of foreclosed homes are more a sign of the housing market’s troubles than a harbinger of More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Since Gov. Sarah Palin became the Republican vice presidential candidate, she’s been shaped to fit a new image.
From debate boot camp at Sen. John McCain’s Arizona ranch to a high-end makeover costing $150,000, the Palin on the national More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As one of the most successful newcomers in Alaska’s political arena, Gov. Sarah Palin should have known better than to get into an ethics scandal right now.
The mood of the public in Alaska has been changing, gradually, but noticeably in the last few years. Palin was More…
Politico reports that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a few questions from her traveling press corps for the first time today at Ground Zero in New York City — but she largely steered clear of taking any firm positions, other than offering strong support the Bush administration’s terror policies.
During More…
Well, it seems it’s not only Sen. John McCain’s candidacy that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has revitalized with her surprise arrival on the national scene. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) — despite facing seven charges for failing to disclose $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company — is now More…
The Obama campaign is circulating a video featuring Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) at a joint press conference in July — and that’s not even the damaging part.
In the video, Palin says that she reached her position on federal earmark reform More…
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