Blog Archive: February, 2008

Make no mistake: When the conservatives set out to take over America 30 years ago, they were working off of a well-thought-out plan. more »

Bay Buchanan: Barack Obama has "Muslim in his blood." Watch it.

The head of the White House's Office of Public Liaison is a shameless plagiarist.

He also, I reported in 2004, appears to broker White House meetings to assuage doomsday Christians who fear Bush will make peace in the MIddle East.

One in 100 is bad enough. One in nine is a full-blown national tragedy — one aided and abetted by conservative ideology. It's time they were called into account. more »

We are hearing a lot these days about political "transformation" in politics. Aside from a desire for a change in policy, the public also indicates that they desire a change in the way our politics are conducted. But as much as everyone likes the idea of an end to partisan squabbling, it's not entirely clear yet how this transformation will take place, or what the character of the transformation will actually be. So naturally, the political establishment, anxious to have it on terms they can control, will increasingly be taking the lead in defining it for us. more »

Last week I noted the casualness with which conservatives literally charge liberals with "hating America" with an example from Michael Reagan. more »

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William F. Buckley was my friend. more »

William F. Buckley just died. I will have a post up about my friend soon, and, in tribute, will refrain today from writing bad things on the movement he led. The "Big Con" section of CAF will go dark.

There's another lending crisis that's gone on for a while now, making far fewer headlines than the subprime crisis, the credit crunch, or the housing slump—because of the people it affected. But as those crises intensify and affect more and more people, this one may become even bigger news than it has been so far. more »