Clinton is used to being a star on Capitol Hill, as yesterday was no exception and she began to lay out her vision and that of her president. She talked about engaging Iran, and not dealing with Hamas. She even, according to the New York Times, “struck a sharper tone toward Israel on violence in…

Ann Coulter is still Ann Coulter—the same love-to-hate-her far right wing demagogue that she always was. But she’s enjoying something of a renaissance in the black community. First she was oh-so-tenderly depicted in season two of The Boondocks (“I fucks with these crab cakes”) and now she’s getting at least a modicum of traction for…

The local highways will morph into parking lots, crammed with cars bumper to bumper.  Bridges in Virginia will be blocked off.  So, those Virginia drivers refuse to fight for air on a crowded Metro train, and decide to wait until the day of the inauguration to drive into D.C. will have to look on from…

Banks have quite a while before their wounded lending sectors have fully healed, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.  He added that taxpayers will aid in banks’ recovery by continuing to graciously hand over their tax dollars. When will the economy’s suffering end, and why won’t it end in a week when President-elect Barack…

It is not what she most wanted, but it was the best of the rest. Hillary Clinton went before her colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning as the Senate began confirmation hearings on her appointment to be Secretary of State. “”America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the…

“Joe the Correspondent” Wurzelbacher is in Israel, “covering” the conflict in the Gaza strip, which is a big plus for a news hungry public because up to this point, it was hard to get any information about the ongoing violence—because it was only being covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Haaretz, The…

So, how long exactly does it take to release or transfer the 248 prisoners still remaining in Guantanamo? According to Obama’s transition team, the process will take several months. Some experts anticipate that closing the detention camp will take as much as a year to complete. Meanwhile, the international community is up in arms. Organizations like the…

Reversing course, Senate Democrats grudgingly accepted embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s hand-selected Senate appointee, Roland Burris, as they sought to break an impasse over President-elect Barack Obama’s former seat. The new Illinois senator is expected to be sworn into office later this week. With his typical ‘confidence’ Burris said yesterday: “I really never doubted that…

Rickey Henderson’s on and off the field flair—more Babe Ruth and Willie Mays than Joe DiMaggio or Hank Aaron—won’t win him any popularity contests among the conservative baseball press. But it’s still a travesty that he will be announced as a new Hall of Fame inductee today without a unanimous selection. Every year, at least…

It was all there today — the introspection, the cluelessness, the smirkiness, the defiance, the sense of humor, the surprising humility. When George Bush said goodbye for the last time to the White House press corps this morning, he refelcted on everything from the ‘Mission Accomplished’ to Katrina to the failure to find weapons of…