Joe Conason notices that the right wing doesn’t have the stomach for a fair fight. But we knew that along didn’t we?

Might it be their unwillingness to back down, as when Mr. Carville forced the Republican Party chairman to admit that he opposes campaign-finance reform? Or is it just their insistence on factual discourse, as when Mr. Begala instructed conservative host Tucker Carlson on the vastly greater number of Reagan administration aides indicted and convicted than in the supposedly corrupt Clinton administration?

John Ashcroft shows once again that he is ready to destroy the Constitution in order to save it.

Hide and Sneak: Jonathan Chait on why W.'s "war budget" isn't about war at all. From TNR.

It’s truly amazing the fiduciary sins that can be effectively hidden in a good wartime budget. For some people this passes as moral. I must be slow because to me it is blatant dishonesty.

Let’s be clear. This guy is the real murderer of Palestinian youth. How many young lives must be sacrificed on the altar of a hopeless cause before the futility becomes clear? The most tragic thing is that not only is it not necessary but that there is a much better and proven way to succeed in this kind of conflict. Look at what a bunch of non-violent students did to the likes of Slobodan Milosevic. If the Palestinians could summon up the true moral courage to engage Israel with strategic non-violence an independent Palestine would be assured and peace just might break out.

We were warned about this guy when he was appointed. But usually it takes longer for the true colors to show.

I have to agree with the good professor on this. Maybe there are ways to improve the legislation that comes out of Congress. Pass me some more Open Source please.