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Charles R. Black Jr. says he is going back to lobbying after his stint advising 2008 Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain on his campaign.Black is to resume his post as chairman of BKSH and Associates, a subsidiary of WPP Group, The Washington Times reported Saturday.I’m happy to work with good friends and with clients whom I like and respect, Black told the Times.Black resigned from BKSH early this year to work full time for McCain after McCain prohibited lobbyists from workin... more

One day and night has passed for CRNC: Vegas. Top gossip so far: 1. “WestFest” was the big party of Friday night. The party was sponsored by Zach Howell, and was reportedly a tremendous success. One report estimated that more than 100 people attended throughout the night. 2. A CR mole reports that Ben Johnson has promised to appoint former Texas CR Chair Ryan Murphy as CRNC executive director in a Johnson administration. Either Johnson is buying off Texas, or in the words of Joh... more

Deborah Howell Takes On A Strawman, But Refuses to Make The Hard Calls Conservatives—keep hitting the MSM where it hurts: in the bank account Last week, Post Ombundswoman Deborah Howell “took on” the issue of media bias. I was underwhelmed, as were most of you (I suspect). IIRC, the job of the ombundsman is to hold people inside one’s own organization to account. To point fingers and assign blame. Howell doesn’t do this. I submit that she wrote... more

Jacob Hornberger writes about the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri , who has been locked up in South Carolina, in the same facility in which Jose Padilla (the American) was incarcerated and tortured. Here at The Future of Freedom Foundation, we have long argued against the assumption and exercise of the “enemy combatant� power, even with the right of habeas corpus. We have pointed out that those who were arguing that President Bush could be trusted with such power were misguided and... more

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to President Bush.... more

The White House said President Bush has signed into law a bill that Congress approved to keep unemployment checks flowing to jobless Americans through the holiday season.... more

The following interview with 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr was broadcast on WTMA 1250 AM on June 20, 2008: ... more

When Mark Sanford was asked last week by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer how John McCain’s economic policies would differ from those of George W. Bush, the governor might as well have stayed home. Sanford drew a blank, stammered and stumbled, and searched desperately for any possible policy examples that might differentiate the Republican presidential candidate from the current Republican president. Our poor governor never gave a satisfactory answer, something Blitzer pointed out as the tele... more

WTMA commentary broadcast 7/22/08: When Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Neal Boortz and the rest of the usual suspects were calling John McCain an unacceptable nominee for the Republican presidential nomination, most observers knew it wouldn’t be long before the allegedly conservative hosts were singing the Arizona senator’s praises. Predictably, they now tell us that nothing is worse than a Democrat, and every day talk radio makes the case that Barack Obama would be the worst president in hist... more