Whether you've felt concerned, nauseous, or vindicated by the Washington Post's series on the Cheney Presidency, Sally Quinn has a scenario that is sure to keep you up at night: a GOP revolt leading to Vice President Thompson.

Two bits of interesting news this afternoon, both concerning Texas 22nd Congressional District.

Austinites came together at a fundraiser held to defray David Rivas Morales’s funeral expenses. Morales was beaten to death in an East Austin neighborhood holding a Juneteenth celebration while checking on Michael Hosea Jr. after he was hit by the car Morales was riding in.

When he ran in 2000, then-Governor George W. Bush aggressively positioned himself as an ally of several religious right groups. It wasn’t a new strategy in the Republican party’s playbook. Taking the same tack throughout the 1980 presidential primary, Reagan received the endorsement of Jerry Falwell, effectively edging out W's dad — who was then attempting to run as a social moderate!

What was new was the zeal with which faith-based initiatives were being promoted as an important component to effective public service and policy.

Democratic Caucus Chair Rahm Emanuel has the perfect answer to Dick Cheney's recent statements that he doesn't count as part of the executive branch — a move to excise the office of the Vice President from executive funding.

The New Yorker’s Seymour Hursh writes a shocking and disturbing article over new insights into Abu Ghraib and Army Major General Antonio Taguba’s investigation of the whole disaster.

The beating of a passenger around the time of Juneteenth festivities in East Austin is receiving international attention.

This past Monday's 27-10 vote by the Regional Transportation Council in favor of the NTTA bid for construction and maintenance of State Highway 121 over that of Spanish consortium CINTRA was largely symbolic. The Texas Transportation Commission still has the final say in who receives the bid, and they may go against this vote next week.

Much of the news in the last 24 hours or so has been about Michael Bloomberg, but on the Democratic side of the presidential race, hijinx were recently afoot.

A year ago, I went on an adventure through the Texas public health care system.