From Politico http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090705/pl_politico/24521_1 In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should

Like the Denmark of Hamlet’s time, the whole kingdom of the fourth estate contracted in one brow of woe at the unexpected news that Sarah Palin was resigning as Governor of Alaska. How could she? And on the day before the 4th of July, when plans to leave town were already set in stone!

(ChattahBox) — The Washington Post’s publisher has apologized to readers today (Sunday) for their attempt to charge business leaders and lobbyists for private dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper’s journalists. The highly esteemed newspaper got caught sending out a brochure offering sponsorships at a fee of $25,

This would be funny, if the subject had not been presented already to voters as a credible candidate for one of the highest offices in the country.  ( … .  I struck out;  maybe this is why ( Politico ): Neither the Times or the Post made any mention

Politico – It might seem like a moment just too good for the White House to pass up – America’s first black president, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, looking out over a sea of jubilant

With Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) facing an uphill battle to win reelection next year after a series of Washington scandals battered his popularity back home, President Obama and other national Democrats are sparing no effort to help him.