Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo  —  WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program.  —  Although few Senate Democrats …

More Big Hints on Jill Carroll's Extremist Views; Endorses Iraqi Islamic Party  —  Hmmm . . . more curious things about Jill Carroll and those who are "elated" about her release.  We've already commented about her anti-American views.  What a "coincidence" that all of these groups share one thing in common …

NOW and NAACP make fools of themselves defending wackjob Rep. McKinney's ridiculous racial complaint  —  Good God.  If you ever needed proof of how irrelevant the big-monied liberal advocacy groups have become, we got a lovely demonstration today when the NAACP and the National Organization …

'I Am Not Running Away'  —  Meet Benon Sevan, the man at the center of the Oil for Food scandal.  —  NICOSIA, Cyprus—"Medium or sweet?" asks Benon Sevan.  He is inquiring how much sugar I would like in the Turkish coffee he's boiling up for us on his kitchen stove, and I am torn between thanking …

Cranky Franken's 'Today' Appearance: Tells Conservative Guest To "Screw You"  —  A very tired and very cranky Al Franken appeared on the March 31 edition of the Today show.  The segment, which aired at 7:12AM EST, saw Franken respond to a barb from fellow radio talk show host Michael Smerconish with this witty barb: "Screw you."

WSJ Fails to Credit Online Reporter Who Broke Story  —  The Wall Street Journal today published article by Brody Mullins on Michael Scanlon and his former fiance Emily Miller.  It fails to credit investigative journalist Jason Leopold who broke the story in January.

'Tactical Errors' Made In Iraq, Rice Concedes  —  BLACKBURN, England, March 31 — Greeted by antiwar protesters at almost every stop in a tour of a working-class region of England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the Bush administration has probably made thousands of …

The GOP's Stake In Checking The President  —  Russ Feingold is a U.S. senator from Wisconsin.  —  During the Watergate hearings, then-Senator Howard Baker, a Republican, showed tremendous courage, and a deep sense of Congress's duty to hold President Nixon accountable …

Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons  —  New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of "Little Green Footballs".

03.31.06 - Democrat Ethics Breakdown: News For The Week Of March 27th  —  03.31.06 - RNC Releases New Web Ad Entitled, "Censure?  Impeachment?"  —  In November 2000 Mark Kennedy defeated a four term incumbent to earn the honor for representing the sixth district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mommy wars — a false battle  —  IN HER MUCH-DISCUSSED new book, "Mommy Wars," Leslie Morgan Steiner likens the tensions between working mothers and stay-at-home mothers to "a catfight."  Personally, I think it's more like dueling roosters: a cockfight.  —  In a classic ethnographic essay on Bali …