Blogs
Bolivia's President Plays Soccer
Mon, 04/28/2008 - 11:00am
Via the International Herald Tribune, we find Bolivian President Evo Morales logged 41 minutes of game time for Bolivian second division club Litoral.
While President Morales failed to score in his debut, the article does mention that he once played soccer in his younger days for a local coca farmers' team.
Tale of Two Cities: Applying Sense to Guilt, Innocence
By Chris Bell
Mon, 04/28/2008 - 10:30am
What starkly different headlines. The day after the Supreme Court ruled last week that death by lethal injection doesn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment, two stories ran in the Houston Chronicle: “DNA frees Dallas man wrongly imprisoned for rape” and “Harris County gets ready to execute 6 killers.”
That pretty well sums up the vastly different approach taken by Texas’s two largest district attorney offices, and sadly, that won’t change any time soon.
Dean Means It: End This In June
Mon, 04/28/2008 - 9:28am
Just in case you'd forgotten since he went to the media last week, DNC Chairman Howard Dean wants you (and probably a few Democratic presidential candidates) to know that this race has to end in June. Seriously, please. From TPM Election Central.
New DNC Ad on McCain: 100 Years in Iraq
Sun, 04/27/2008 - 4:15pm
The video is not embeddable yet, but you can see this powerful spot over at the Huffington Post.
New Poll on Colbert / Stewart
Sat, 04/26/2008 - 9:06am
I have often wondered what the audience breakdown is like for The Daily Show versus The Colbert Report. Over at The Fix, our BFF Chris Cillizza answers that question for the 18-25 year old demographic.
Fred Thompson Not Even Motivated Enough To Be Picked For Something
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 3:18pm
Fred Thompson says that he won't accept an invitation to be McCain's running mate. We can all rest easy now.
Religion, Liberally
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 2:54pm
New evangelicals that are concerned about social justice and the environment and human rights are one thing. When you start to go generational? That seems like it might become a movement.
A Joint Fundraising Deal
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 2:11pm
Obama and the DNC are going to help each other raise money! A deal with Clinton is also reportedly in the works.
A Matter of Context
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 1:34pm
If half of the American people think the presidential race is too negative now, I can't imagine what a similar poll will look like in October.
Warning Shots Friday
Fri, 04/25/2008 - 10:28am
More boating adventures between US and Iranian vessels.
