(2007-06-23) — In a major diplomatic breakthrough that could usher in a golden age of trust on the Korean peninsula, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill announced yesterday that the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea this week agreed to agree to its previous agreement to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
“What we have this time are not [...]

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(2007-06-22) — The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to mandate a 40 percent increase in fuel economy for new cars and light trucks by the year 2020, as a way to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil.
In a little-noted “fairness” provision of the bill, the Senate also required other American manufacturers to increase the efficiency of [...]

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ScrappleFace.com editor Scott Ott was interviewed today by Michael Koolidge on News/talk 1060 WRHL. You can listen to the interview in the audio archives of Koolidge.com.

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(2007-06-15) — President George Bush, in an effort to address conservatives’ dual concerns about border security and the rule of law, today said the revived immigration reform bill would finish the U.S.-Mexico border fence by fining illegal aliens to pay for it and requiring each one to build a section of the fence with his [...]

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(2007-06-10) — An overwhelming majority of Americans say they’ve never felt better about themselves than during the past several weeks as they follow the story of Paris’ Hilton’s conviction and incarceration.
“It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” said one poll respondent, a resident of suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Just knowing that rich, famous, beautiful [...]

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(2007-06-07) — Senate Democrats and Republicans are reportedly divided over whether to support or oppose President George Bush’s nomination of Dr. James Holsinger, 68, as Surgeon General, since the University of Kentucky professor’s background indicates he might advocate embryonic stem cell therapy to cure homosexuality.
Dr. Holsinger, who wrote a paper in 1991 calling homosexuality [...]

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(2007-06-06) — Just a day after former Vice Presidential aide I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison for lying to federal investigators in the CIA leak case, President George Bush ignored potentially-devastating political consequences today by issuing a full pardon to Richard Armitage, the unindicted former Deputy Secretary of State who [...]

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