Good Wednesday morning Fellow Seekers,
On Monday, James O’Shea, editor of the Los Angeles Times, was fired because of his unwillingness to along with the latest round of newsroom cuts demanded by the publisher. It’s always inspiring to see someone take a stand on principle, especially when they have to make a significant personal sacrifice.
Another impressive, […]

Sorry to be so late with this. Technical difficulties and (fill in other excuses here). But for the Norm Coleman and/or Rachel Paulose obsessed, here’s the audio of my interview from Wednesday with the senator about his role in the rise and fall of U.S. Attorney Paulose. Warning, it’s a little over 30 minutes.
What think? […]

Good Tuesday morning Fellow Seekers,
The Al Franken for Senate campaign put out a two-paragraph response yesterday afternoon to the Coleman campaign’s video attacking Franken for his changing positions on various aspects of the Iraq War. I promised yesterday to pass it along. Here’s the full text of the Franken rebuttal (it’s actually attributed to […]

Good Friday morning,
The U.S. Senate voted 53-40 last night to confirm the nomination of former federal judge Michael Mukasey to be attorney general. Minnesota’s Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman last week gave his reasons for supporting the nominations,
but Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., wasn’t ready to announce her plans until after the Judiciary Committee finished its […]

Good Monday morning, Fellow Seekers,
Following up on the Pasquino-Frank Rich post of yesterday, the term “military-industrial complex,” (coined by the way, by future University of Minnesota President Malcolm Moos) occurred in this passage of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address, Jan. 17, 1961:
“Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no […]

 On the Hugh Hewitt program Wednesday, I heard Tony Snow stand up for the importance of looking the facts squarely in the face, ignoring ideological and preconceptions, and following them where they lead, most especially on the subject of the Iraq war. He also commended the New York Times and the L.A. Times as good sources […]

In the last two televised debates – one by the Repub. presidential field on Sunday morning and one by the Dems. on Tuesday evening – Sen. Barack Obama has been accused of cluelessness and recklessness for saying that he would try to capture or kill Osama bin Laden if he knew where the Al Qaida leader was hiding in […]