Day August 24, 2005

Dodging the bullet

The biopsy results came back yesterday for Sue’s mom. Her cancer turns out to have been a quite rare, much less aggressive form. They got all of it all during the operation, with none detected elsewhere. This means no chemotherapy. Sues’ mom…

D.C. response to Robertson is underwhelming

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack called Robertson’s remarks about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “inappropriate,” but stopped short of condemning them. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Pentagon isn’t in the business of killing foreign leaders, but he also did…

Nonprofits cloak donors to Schwarzenegger

Front page, L.A. Times Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is benefiting from millions of dollars raised by a network of tax-exempt groups without revealing that the money comes from major corporations with business before his office. The groups are run by Schwarzenegger’s…