OK, this is where I am right now, and I'm pretty sure a lot of American is right behind me on this one.
After reading Conason's piece, I'm simply glad that Domenech is not a right-wing gay male prostitute mysteriously granted White House press-credentials who goes on to write a blistering critique of "Brokeback Mountain" because the film insults "traditional American values."
Domenench seems to be simply a garden-variety pathological careerist who will stop at nothing to secure a public position as a Washington "insider."
Despicable? Mais oui! But Domenech doesn't seem half as crazy as most of the nutbirds flocking around D.C. nowadays.
And for that, I'm *grateful*. I really am.
By the way, I don't see why so many physicians nowadays claim that Xanax has a "high dependency profile" when even the most stable adult requires at least 10mgs in order to read the tamer political stories on Salon without experiencing profound generalized anxiety.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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