Entries for August 2006

When Congress returns for some abbreviated post-Labor Day work next week, we'll see if the Republican majority intends to do something or just play partisan politics. The latter appears certain.

Even before the fall elections, we're getting a new round of stories on whether she will or won't run for president in 2008. The Hillary Rodham Clinton saga continues.

Let's call the latest call-up of 2,500 Marine reservists what it really is: a backdoor draft.

Two veteran politicians, one from each party, are victims of their own mouths. Both should know better.

With the arrest of a suspect in the decade-old murder of JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado, brace yourself for another media circus. Before the frenzy gets out of control a second time, the media should take a collective breath.

As the war in Iraq lingers on years after we heard the words "Mission Accomplished," the need for a new policy exists. Or at least we need a new leader at the Pentagon.

Let's hope Sen. Joseph Lieberman comes to his senses and pulls out of the Senate race in Connecticut. The voters in the Democratic Party, as they say, have spoken in the Nutmeg State. Senator, you lost.