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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Strange Outrage

The National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez has an odd threshold for outrage. A couple years ago, after Mel Gibson made remarks denying the magnitude of the Holocaust, she said, "I give the guy the benefit of the doubt." But when our own Roger Hickey said, "One hundred...

SCHIP Vote: The Record Is Clear

One hundred and fifty-six House Members declared themselves enemies of children and families with this vote. Ignoring the will of the people, a conservative minority in the House sustained the president's veto and denied nearly 5 million children access to health...

SCHIP House Debate Underway

The House has begun to debate the State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion, with the vote whether to override Bush's veto expected to happen later today. (All the action at C-span.org.) With the help of the Bush Dog campaign, most of the conservative...

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