Radley Balko is one of my favorite political writers. Of course, being a Libertarian I am most likely inclined to appreciate the work of the Policy Analyst of the Cato Institute. A short while ago Balko wrote an article listing questions he would ask of Dick Cheney and John Edwards. I thought his questions were important and insightful. Well, now Balko has listed some questions for Bush and Kerry. These questions are every bit as important has his previous queries, and probably a g...

Bill O’Reilly has been asking Michael Moore to appear on “The O’Reilly Factor” for some time now. Moore as declined to appear until O’Reilly viewed “Fahrenheit 9/11” in its entirety. Apparently everyone’s requirements have been met, because Moore sat down with O’Reilly at the Democratic National Convention to exchange questions. O’Reilly opened with the following query. Now, one of the issues is you because you’ve been calling Bush a liar on weapons of mass destruction, the Senate I...

USA Today hired Ann Coulter to write commentary on the Democratic National Convention. But after her first submission they decided to fire her. Of course she is complaining about this act, and is questioning why they hired her in the first place. I can understand the points of both sides in this case. After reading Ann’s commentary I have to agree that it is rather sophomoric and not funny. I sometimes appreciate Ann’s writing, but here she doesn’t really offer much meat in her hum...

The World Wide Rant has a, what I found to be, humorous take on Al Gore’s address to the Democratic National Convention. I didn’t come here tonight to talk about the past… I want to to thank you as Democrats for the honor of being your nominee for president four years ago. And I want to thank the American people for the privilege of serving as vice president… I do think it is worth pausing for just a moment as we begin this year's convention, to take note of two very important ...

Teresa Heinz Kerry shows us what she means by restoring American politics to the high ground. Apparently it means taking no responsibility for one’s statements and offering contempt for people that ask for clarification on those statements. BOSTON July 25, 2004 — Teresa Heinz Kerry urged her home-state delegates to the Democratic National Convention to restore a more civil tone to American politics, then minutes later told a newspaperman to "shove it." "We need to turn back some of th...

President Bush recently addressed the 2004 National Urban League Conference in Detroit. In his address he spends a good deal of time outlining the improvements to the economy that his administration has worked towards. He also focuses on some programs designed to aid the black community economically. These sections of this speech are interesting, but what really got my attention were some questions President Bush posed to black Americans. Does the Democrat party take African American...

Radley Balko has an interesting article posing some thoughtful questions to VP Cheney and potential-VP Edwards. Here are a couple of my favorites. For Sen. John Edwards, Democratic nominee for vice president: —You said in a campaign speech that we have “One America that pays the taxes, another America that gets the tax breaks,” and that in your administration, we’d have “no more tax breaks for CEOs who give themselves millions in top-hat pensions while giving no pensions at all to...

I don't usually read the Drudge Report, but a friend sent this to me and I found it amusing. I share the author's hopes that we do not start seeing them in matching outfits. Link