Back when Operation Iraqi Freedom was a big deal to the media such as the New York Times, especially the body counts and reports of a boot trooper doing something he shouldn’t have done, one used to be able to find stories of good news in the Saturday edition. I had a theory that none of the normal unhinged Progressive editors were available Friday evening, having headed out early for a round of Bush bashing martinis, so the journalists were free to be honest journalists. Looks like that is stil

CBS News Senate Global Warming Bill Is Seeking to Cushion the Impact on Industry New York Times WASHINGTON — The Senate bill aimed at reducing global warming pollution will initially grant billions of dollars of free emissions permits to utilities and industry but will require the bulk of the money be returned to consumers and ... Patients _ and patience _ in health care end game The Associated Press Unexpected Revival Breathes New Life Into Public Option Washington Post Government-Run US Health

* The New York Times reports what I noted here yesterday: The public option with the “trigger” is still very much alive in the Senate: In the Senate, Mr. Reid is considering several alternatives to his proposal for a national public insurance plan. Under one alternative, the public plan would be established, or triggered, only in states that failed to meet certain goals for insurance coverage. Yesterday I noted that the Senate leadership’s vote counting showed that the trigger was

CBS News Sen. Boxer Says Obama Admin Could Make Climate Pledge in Copenhagen New York Times UNITED NATIONS -- Even if a US climate change and energy bill is not ready before December's international climate talks, the Obama administration should be able to adopt firm greenhouse gas reduction targets there, ... Senate panel to approve climate bill by December: Boxer Reuters Sen. Graham Splits with GOP on Climate Change WOLO Graham Changes the Game on Senate… Mother Jones Washington Post Sen. Bo

Politically speaking, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is about as battered as it gets. The Republican senator in June acknowledged an extramarital affair with a campaign aide, who was married to his best friend, who has castigated Ensign in television interviews as a shameless Lothario. In recent days, after the New York Times reported on Ensign's efforts to silence his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton, the Senate ethics committee launched an investigation and talk surfaced of a possible FBI inquiry.