Alberto Gonzales might not make it to Utah- or out of Washington alive. But the list of Bush administration flunkees running to Utah to look busy is obvious and somewhat frightening. The Bush “Mod Squad” of Gonzales, Education Secretary Spellings and HHS head and former Utah governor Mike Leavitt, is due to come here Friday [...]
Having been a journalist for more than thirty years, I’m used to politicians lying to me: either to make themselves sound better or denegrate their opponent. But Rep. Chris Cannon and Sen. Orrin Hatch have taken falsehood and inaccuracy to a new, pathological level.
Hatch, seen here claiming he discovered Great Salt Lake, either fibbed or [...]
Ever say something you wish you could take back? Ever deliberately say something untrue based on a calculation that the people who would hear it were too ignorant to know you were lying?
Ever get so deep in a lie that the only way to save yourself was to keep on lying?
Condi, did. Oh [...]
Political Solutions for the problems of the Middle East What can we learn from History?
When I read recently that the European Union and Turkey had made little headway in resolving a stalemate over Turkey’s refusal to open its ports to Cypriot ships —a decision that might stop Turkey’s membership application to the European Union [...]
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