Patriotism isn’t about colored ribbons or bumper stickers on your car. It isn’t about waving a flag or chanting “U-S-A” at a sporting event. It certainly is not about wearing an American flag pin on your lapel. These are all pleasing symbolic displays of patriotism, but they are not patriotism in and of itself.
Feeling [...]

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Columbia University today brought out the best and worst in modern American culture. Columbia University President Lee Bollinger showed courage in inviting such a polarizing and controversial figure to speak. There were calls to cancel the Iranian president’s invitation and now some politicians want to cut funding to Columbia [...]

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Monday, July 23rd
Attorney General Gonzales:
I could walk away or I could devote my time, effort and energy to fix the problems. Since I have never been one to quit, I decided that the best course of action was to remain here and fix the problems. That is exactly what I am doing.
Senator Whitehouse:
I don’t know [...]

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Crooks and Liars has posted an excerpt from a PBS broadcast of Bill Moyers’ roundtable discussion of impeachment with a conservative guest and a liberal guest. While they may not agree on a lot of issues, they do agree on one thing.
I strongly recommend taking six minutes to view the video.

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Sara Taylor, White House Political Director from 2005-2007, serves as a prime example of the cancer that has taken hold within the Bush administration. I wrote previously about President Bush’s placing political loyalty over his loyalty to his constitutional oath. That attitude seems to have permeated the senior White House staff also. Ms. Taylor, [...]

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Those of you who read my July 2nd post knows that the Libby commutation was the final straw in my sincere, perhaps naive, hope that President Bush would rise above politics and bring something -anything- that I consider of value to his Presidency in the second term. I have also laid out where the President [...]

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I’ll admit it. I never understood how someone who is legally living in the U.S. can suddenly become an “enemy combatant” and held without charge in a U.S. Navy Brig. Isn’t there supposed to be due process? The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals thinks so.

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Whether loyalty is a virtue or a vice depends on what a person is loyal to and at what expense. George W. Bush, the man, is well known for being a loyal friend and confidant. That is something we all want in a friend. As a leader, he’s also demonstrated strong loyalty to his staff [...]

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