Archive for June 2nd, 2008

Vindication for the Bush Critique

By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Monday, June 2, 2008; 1:53 PM As the response to former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s new book enters its second week, the focus has shifted to the messenger rather than his message. McClellan is a flawed vessel for any serious communication. From behind the podium, he made [...]

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Senate Takes On Cap-And-Trade

  americanprogressaction.org   ENVIRONMENT Today, the Senate begins an historic floor debate on legislation that calls for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) version of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 3036). This is the first time the Senate will engage in full debate on legislation to cap global warming pollution and create [...]

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A Bell Tolls For Ahmadinejad

GLOBE EDITORIAL June 2, 2008 STATE DEPARTMENT officials commonly complain that without an embassy in Iran, the United States cannot decipher the opaque workings of the Islamic Republic. This may be true in a general way, but no classified intelligence sources are needed to grasp the importance of last week’s lopsided election of Ali Larijani [...]

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