Bob McCarty Writes

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation is the same man who represented Stanford Financial Group and its now-indicted founder R. Allen Stanford between 2002 [...]

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During his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver tonight, the ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) said two things that sounded odd to me.
First, he bellowed about the Democratic mantra of “affordable health care for all” as if Republicans are against it.  Doesn’t he realize that, until ordinary Americans can access health care [...]

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Across the nation today, predictions of heavy mosquito infestations and fears of mosquito-borne illnesses populate news headlines:
Be on mosquito guard — Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
There’s a new buzz in the fight against mosquitoes — Houston Chronicle
Beyond repellent: How to stay free of mosquito bites this summer — Simi Valley (Calif.) Acorn
In places like St. Louis, where [...]

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A Detroit Free Press editorial today offered a scathing opinion about the state of Major League Baseball following yesterday’s finger-pointing report by George Mitchell:
“Major League Baseball is going to have to put a giant “*” next to an entire record-setting era.” The stars, it seems, were mostly juiced, cheating at the game by enhancing their [...]

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Bernard, at A Certain Slant of Light, published an insightful post yesterday on the subject of immigration and the way the topic is treated by decision-makers on the staff of a newspaper in one of the nation’s largest cities, Houston. Take a look at how it begins:
James Pinkerton, who normally gets front-page coverage in [...]

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