Category: Edgewise

  • Treasongate primer

    Tired of listening to mealy-mouthed Republican apologists for treason? Check out the Left Coaster’s Response to GOP talking points. Print out, stick in your pocket, speak truth to power.

  • Carnival of the Rovegate

    Tony Pierce holds Glenn Reynolds feet to the fire, the Editors point out that the Washington press corps isn’t having an attack of conscience right now, Frank Rich analyses the Watergate analogy, John Aravosis asks the musical question, “If Karl Rove is fully complying then why does the president have to wait for the investigation…

  • Take Back California is looking for a Development Director

    Take Back California is a nonprofit promoting clean-money elections. I’m on its advisory board and the Executive Director is my friend and colleague Dan Newman. They are currently searching for a part-time or full-time Development Director: The Development Director is responsible for building, leading and growing the development functions of TakeBackCA.org. Our main focus is…

  • Basketball Practice

    I know this isn’t really a usual topic for me, but one thing I find a little bit embarrassing for the professional NBA basketball players is that you can see them out there–just minutes before the game starts–and they’re practicing! I mean, isn’t it a little late for that? They should have thought of it…

  • What he don’t know won’t hurt him

    According to Editor and Publisher: Lawrence O’Donnell, the MSNBC analyst who first broke the Rove/Cooper link on Friday, wrote on the Huffington Post blog today, that Rove’s lawyer had “launched what sounds like an I – did – not – inhale defense. He told Newsweek that his client ‘never knowingly disclosed classified information.’ Knowingly. “Not…

  • No time to go wobbly

    Last November I voted against torture. I voted against the party that was making excuses for, defending, and facilitating torture. I’m not particularly proud of myself for this, but I did wonder how others could convince themselves that supporting the party of torture was OK or justified or necessary. Now (Setting the bar, absolutely) I’m…