Archive for April, 2007
Guess Who’s Investigating Karl Rove
The Los Angeles Times reports today that the Office of Special Counsel will investigate Karl Rove’s various and sundry shenanigans in Washington, including the U.S. Attorney firings:
“We will take the evidence where it leads us,” Scott J. Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel and a presidential appointee, said in an interview Monday. “We will not leave any stone unturned.” Read the rest of this entry »
Confronting Karl Rove
Sheryl Crow and Laurie David are amazing women for a lot of reasons, but when they spoke the truth about global warming to the puppetmaster himself — Karl Rove — they became my heroes.
You can read about the exchange on their blog at Huffington Post. Rove was typically rude, condescending, and unmoved — no surprise there. But here’s what I thought was the most telling part of the exchange: Read the rest of this entry »
Learning The Lessons Of Jerry Falwell
On hearing that Rev. Jerry Falwell had passed my pastor told me, “I’m going to be a Christian, and not say a word.”
I am quite certain pastor Jim is a much better Christian than me, but I’m not sure remaining silent is the thing to do. Falwell was much too powerful a figure in American culture for Christians to remain silent now that he’s gone. Read the rest of this entry »