This post is from mydd, in case anyone out there honestly believes that Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia) did not use a racial epithet against a young U.S. citizen whose family is from India.

Plenty of offensive language in this series of entries, all around.

Further depressing reminders come from MoveOn.org. One is that Allen used to have a noose hanging from a tree in his law office, according to a New Republic article.  

Another is that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was the next major GOP figure to stand up with Allen in his recent ...   more »

Here, young readers, are the first few grafs of a Washington Post article that ran on December 2, 2003. Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont was making rapid headway toward the Democratic presidential nomination:

“Howard Dean likes to travel fast and light. When the former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate swept through this state one day recently, dashing to campaign stops covering nearly 200 miles in a few hours, only one senior aide was with him, a 39-year-old Vermonter named Kate O'Connor.

By her estimate, O'Connor has seen or talked to Dean almost every day since she came ...   more »

CNN.com reports that a federal court has ruled the NSA wiretapping and surveillance unconstitutional.

In no uncertain terms, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, in Michigan, struck down the covert wiretapping, saying it “"violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III."

Good news, and a good start.

Virtually no commentator or administration apologist has pointed out that the White House line that it is tapping only “foreign” calls is misleading.

Every personal computer in America receives ...   more »