poindexter to resign
Read it here. This should be considered good news…both for the bushies (eleminate knee jerk responses whenever poindexters name is mentioned) and the rest of us (they could, of course, find someone worse.
ashcroft
Protecting the Country
Ok. I’m all for the FBI following up on leads regarding potential terrorist activity (you know, like the folks that did 9/11) but should reading an article titled Weapons of Mass Stupidity while sitting in a coffee shop qualify. Read this and decide for yourself.
Ashcroft and Federalism
Radley Balko points out that for John Ashcroft federalism can have many meanings (kind of a Straussian thing):
Why was Senator Ashcroft so sympathetic to the �states� rights� cause when it came to issues like the Confederacy and segregation, but when it comes whether or not a terminal cancer patient ought to be able to ease his pain with a marijuana cigarette, Attorney General Ashcroft can�t let the states govern themselves?
The entire piece is a good read. Did Foxnews.com really bounce this because of bad timing or because in the world of Fox it actually might border on being unpatriotic?