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The capacity for conservatives to practice their cruel brand of compassion has ceased to surprise. But President Bush's attempt to punish states trying to provide health coverage to uninsured kids is surprising for its political idiocy. States are trying to cover as...

The dead and trapped Crandall Canyon miners are putting renewed attention on the massive number of safety violations by Big Coal, and the gallingly lax enforcement by the Bush Administration. But I also suspect that Robert Murray’s blustery, and ultimately...

More local blogs are keeping tabs on the Anti-Kid Caucus. Left In The West checks up on Montana's congressman: "Classic Dennis Rehberg! Now he can say he supported CHIP, while voting against it on technicalities, and, by the way, it's extremist ideology! A little...

Shock of shocks, Karl Rove was able to disgrace three Sunday shows without being asked any question from the Weekend Watchdog. Most amateurishly, no one bothered to question Rove's stated reason for resigning, even though it is clear scandal pressures were rising....

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....

Three lives are lost and counting in the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. The flamboyant, camera-hogging mine owner, Bob Murray, has called this a "once in a lifetime" accident, like a car crushed by a boulder suddenly dislodged. These horrors happen. Yes, but when we...

Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., appears smarter than some of his fellow congressional conservatives. He may have voted against children's health insurance. But he's not going out of his way -- writing op-eds or sending blast emails -- to let his constituents know about...

Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., ran unopposed in 2004. But now that his ties to convicted felon Jack Abramoff are receiving renewed scrutiny, he's seen as politically vulnerable in 2008. So when Democrats launched an ad campaign informing his constituents that he voted...

A federally-imposed reporting requirement goes into effect today that is a transparent attempt by the Bush administration to intimidate union activists and hamper union activity. The tactic is to do to unions what conservatives complain liberals do to businesses: Bog...

While President Bush continues to spread sunny optimism about the economy, we keep hearing discordant news from places where the sun doesn't shine. "U.S. consumers continue to be under difficult pressure economically," Wal-Mart's chief executive said in widely...