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Feds Call Baseball Great Clemens Foul

Aug 19, 2010
The Rocket is headed for the docket. Roger Clemens has been indicted for allegedly lying to Congress about his steroid use. How foolish of Clemens to testify without first procuring an insurance company or a bank, or offering his services as a military contractor. Doesn't he know how Washington works?

Sen. Burris: Symbolism Over Substance

Feb 22, 2009
As Sen. Roland Burris’ listening tour apparently deteriorates into a dismissing tour, perhaps black voters will finally abandon the politics of symbolism that Burris has eagerly manipulated.

First Blagojevich, Next Burris?

Feb 21, 2009
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn't go down without a big fight (or a full-on media assault), and judging by the comportment of his controversial Senate pick, Roland Burris, we can expect another show of defiance if Burris is put on trial for perjury.

Bush’s Politics-First Justice Department Has a New Poster Boy

Jan 14, 2009
An internal investigation has found that Bradley Schlozman, a former high-ranking Justice Department official, hired and promoted conservative "right-thinking Americans" while making it clear that "adherents of Mao's little red book need not apply" to work in his wing of the Justice Department. He also transferred an employee for allegedly using "ebonics."