by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2007 | Blog
Presidemt Bush's Environmental Protection Agency claimed that, despite the Clean Air Act, it didn't have the authority to combat the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. And even it did, it didn't feel like it. Bush's Supreme Court justices John Roberts...
by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2007 | Blog
On Friday, we introduced "Weekend Watchdogs," raising the questions the Sunday talk show hosts should ask their scheduled guests. So, how'd they do? On NBC's Meet The Press, host Tim Russert did not ask Sen. Orrin Hatch how he could say there is "no evidence" of...
by Bill Scher | Mar 30, 2007 | Blog
Do you ever find yourself watching the Sunday morning talk shows, tearing your hair out because the host isn't asking the most pertinent questions? Let's see what we can do about that. Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, Common Sense will post suggested...
by Bill Scher | Mar 30, 2007 | Blog
The conservative movement has long been split on immigration. Nativist conservatives fear diversity and want to keep immigrants out. Corporate conservatives fear paying fair wages and want cheap immigrant labor. As neither camp cares about the well-being of workers on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 30, 2007 | Blog
Another Bush administration official has been caught fixing scientific reports for the benefit of White House cronies and ideological soul mates. The culprit this time is one Julie MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the...
by Bill Scher | Mar 30, 2007 | Blog
It's a tough question for this White House: which scandal to focus on today? Today, they're going for Walter Reed, as President Bush is slated to tour the military hospital. With the Prosecutor Purge scandal getting hotter and hotter, the ploy is to shift attention to...
