Category: Politics
Privatizing Profits and Socializing Loss
by WS Editors | Aug 1, 2008 | PoliticsGIVE ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CREDIT for identifying the problem and getting the policy right—and doing so before the twin government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went into the tank in mid-July. “For too long the Congress has played the role of an indulgent parent to the GSEs. . . . It is time […]
Two Congressional Races and One Disgraced Lobbyist
by WS Editors | Jul 15, 2008 | PoliticsD’ACQUA IS AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT located halfway between the White House and the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the space once occupied by Signatures, the celebrated Washington dining spot owned by disgraced—and incarcerated—lobbyist Jack Abramoff. (We’re staying with Abramoff for one more issue of the Spectator, because although he’s in a maximum security prison, he remains […]
The FISA Giveaway | Torture Becomes Routine | Conservatives Sweating About an Obama Court
by WS Editors | Jul 15, 2008 | PoliticsFeingold on FISA—Speaking at the New American Foundation the last week in June, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) argued that Senate Democrats, including Barack Obama, are wrong on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) compromise the House and Senate reached with the Bush administration. Feingold said the immunity provision for telephone companies that engaged in warrantless […]
A Detainee Addresses Congress | Obama’s Adviser Loves Wal-Mart | “Code Words” About Israel
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2008 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsTorture on Trial—A year after his story appeared in these pages (see the Washington Spectator, July 1, 2007), German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz spoke to the U.S. Congress. By video link from Germany, Kurnaz testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. He was arrested in Pakistan a month after the 9/11 attacks. Like all but 5 percent […]
Henry Waxman Returns to Jack Abramoff
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsFOUR YEARS AGO A LOBBYIST for one of the Indian tribes Jack Abramoff defrauded of almost $100 million told me that Abramoff bragged about regular meetings with President Bush’s senior adviser Karl Rove—often held outside of the White House to avoid creating a paper trail. The White House didn’t respond to questions about Rove’s relationship […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety