David Hilzenrath: The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option. To Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House Republican whip, it is “the [...]

Inside Bush and Cheney’s Final Days: Both planned the war on terrorism but broke over whether to pardon one of its key architects — “Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby“ Time: Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to [...]

In what was billed as a “Universal Nightmare” special edition of Hannity, Sean Hannity relied on distortions and falsehoods to raise the specter of “socialized medicine.” [ READ MORE ] Stephen Colbert Explains …. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

The president was right when he called the arrest stupid. It doesn’t mean Crowley is stupid. It means that, in that moment, he made a stupid choice. Barack Obama has made some stupid choices on occasion too. We all do. Everyone who is defending Crowley’s arrest, including his union, needs to re-read his report. There [...]

   [ Tough Cop - James Crowley ] [ Enlarge ] Yesterday after I wrote about the arrest and humiliation of black Harvard scholar, Henry Louis Gates Jr., a hefty chunk of my Twitter followers dis-appeared into thin air …poof! Given that my twitter account is less than two months old, I remain with just but [...]