Impeachment Inquiry Hits Bumps in Illinois

The efforts to impeach Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have hit a major snag. Authorities have said that such a process would interfere with the investigation against the governor. So far Blagojevich has refused...

Book Published for Soon-to-be-Axed Workers

I was surprised to find a news release for Budweiser in the rotation of ads featured today in “THE HOLIDAY SPOTLIGHT” on PRNewswire.  Why?  Because the ad appeared on the same day that ABInBev, the...

Patrick Fitzgerald Says Governor Blagojevich Engaged in ‘Political Corrupti...

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald opened his news conference late this morning by describing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as having been “in the middle of a political corruption crime spree.”During the...

Judge Walton's Pettifoggery

By Cecil Turner, The American Thinker, July 14, 2007 Ten days after the President commuted the prison term of I. Lewis Libby, Judge Walton upheld the amended sentence in a new memorandum opinion, and displayed...

Free Scooter Libby

The case gets weirder by the day. June 18, 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Slate If Scooter Libby goes to jail, it will be because he made a telephone call to Tim Russert and because Tim Russert has a different...

Scooter Verdict Just the Beginning?

"If history is any guide, expect not only a pardon for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, but a Presidential Medal of Freedom."Raw Story:Former White House adviser I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby has been found guilty of four of...

Woodward Revelations Deepen Crisis in Journalism

It has not been a good year for journalism. Last month, Jay Rosen said that the New York Times was no longer the paper of record, having ceded that position to the Washington Post. But now star Post reporter...

Rumors Swirl around Plamegate Investigation

From TomfloccoU.S. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald\'s Chicago grand jury has issued perjury and obstruction of justice indictments to the following members of the Bush Administration: President George W....