The Texas Blue: News
Standing Up to Iran
Wed, 12/05/2007 - 8:01pm
Dear Mr. President,
How are you? I hope things are going well. I enjoyed your pardoning of the turkeys during Thanksgiving. It really gave me a chuckle when that one turkey interrupted your speech. Good times.
The Peace Process Just Ain't What it Used to Be
By David Gurney
Wed, 12/05/2007 - 3:58pm
It lasted less than a week.
The great upswell of hope coming out of the Annapolis Summit died a young death this week as Israel announced plans to build new housing developments in East Jerusalem, in addition to the announcement by the Defense Ministry that Israel should start killing militants in Gaza.
Daily News Roundup, 12/05/07: No Nuclear Weapons = Latent Threat
Wed, 12/05/2007 - 9:13am
Europe loves it. Bush hates it. And Huckabee hasn't heard of it. What are we talking about? The National Intelligence Estimate's conclusion that Iran hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 2003, of course!
TPA Roundup, Week of 11/26/07
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 7:54pm
It's once again time for the Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly blog roundup. Also, this week we will be seeing the announcements of the TPA's annual Texan of the Year honors. Keep your eyes peeled for that!
Hutchison Out of Leadership Race
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 11:04am
The GOP's judgment of KBH's latest moves? Not conservative enough. Hutchison has stepped aside in the scramble to fill the void left by Trent Lott, clearing the way for others to move up to the number 3 spot in the GOP leadership.
Daily News Roundup, 12/04/07: Iran, Iran Into Foreign Relations Trouble
Tue, 12/04/2007 - 8:00am
The White House ran into a difficult issue yesterday on Iran: despite all of the saber rattling and mushroom-cloud style rhetoric from the US swearing up and down that Iran has a robust nuclear weapons program, a National Intelligence Estimate, partially declassified yesterday, shows that Iran hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 2003.
Iowa Thunderdome: Obama/Huckabee Edition
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:12pm
If you're in the market for a presidential caucus that will be in flux right down to the wire, Iowa is looking to be right up your alley.
Stem Cell Success is About Electing the Right People
By Chris Bell
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 4:45pm
While fantastic, the breakthroughs in stem cell research announced last week should not change everything overnight. And the news media needs to stop heralding every new stem cell discovery as a way past the political controversy.
Truly Keeping Them Honest
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 11:00am
Something that gives me a great deal of hope that we can turn the tide of our national media's watered down pablum political reporting back to something substantive is the yeoman's work that Glenn Greenwald does on his Salon blog and that Media Matters does as an organization.
Daily News Roundup, 12/03/07: Speeches and More Speeches
Mon, 12/03/2007 - 8:09am
This week will be one full of speeches, notably coming from President Bush (on war funding, today) and from Mitt Romney (on his religion, Thursday).