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William Rivers Pitt: When I Paint My Masterpiece
Monday, 3 July 2006, 4:11 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Any starting point requires that we remember that this nation which birthed us, inspires us, blesses us, puts us to work, this nation that challenged us to remember the original promises whenever we said the Pledge of Allegiance all those times in school, this ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: A Moment of Pause
Saturday, 1 July 2006, 1:37 pm | William Rivers Pitt
A rolling sense of awe has enveloped the mainstream news media since yesterday's Supreme Court decision on Guantanamo. The specifics of the decision are part of the discussion, to be sure, but the sense of amazement has a more basic root. After all ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Seeking a Better Debate
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 2:42 pm | William Rivers Pitt
The Republican majority in Congress labored mightily last week to derail and distract any discussion of an exit strategy from Iraq. In the House of Representatives, a debate aimed at whether or not to establish a timetable for withdrawal collapsed ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: House Republican War Crimes
Friday, 16 June 2006, 7:11 pm | William Rivers Pitt
There is going to be a debate today on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding Iraq. Is it within the realm of possibility to categorize a debate on the floor of the House as a war crime? Is that too much of a stretch? Leveling a war ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Playing the Impeachment Card
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:14 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan is a small and soft-spoken man. One gets the definite sense upon meeting him that here is a man who could probably have made a fortune in Hollywood, had he chosen a different direction in life, playing the ... More >>
William Pitt: Just Don't Tell 'Em You Know Me
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 11:24 am | William Rivers Pitt
You have to wonder how many congressfolk are wandering the springtime byways of Washington, DC with that old song running through their minds. Probably not too many, in truth; the Grateful Dead don't appear to have gained much of a purchase with officeholders ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Humpty-Dumpty Republicans
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:41 am | William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush will be delivering a big speech tonight on immigration, and will specifically announce the deployment of National Guard troops along the southern border of the United States. The New York Times reported today on the motivation behind this speech, ... More >>
William Pitt: An Open Letter to Richard Cohen
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:34 am | William Rivers Pitt
Greetings! I was inspired to write you after reading your missive in today's Post regarding all the nasty emails you have received of late. Personally, I found Colbert's performance hilarious and timely, the kind of satirical backhand so desperately needed ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Going Nukular
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:52 am | William Rivers Pitt
OK, I'm freaking out. It's a quiet freak-out, even a mellow one by comparison to ones I've witnessed first-hand and endured personally, but it is happening. I seize up like a poorly-oiled engine several times a day, and my teeth grate together so ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: A Turning Point
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:00 pm | William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush marked the three-year anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq by declaring that a "turning point" has been reached in that shattered nation. His crotch-bulging strut across the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, some 1,097 days ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Changes
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 1:17 pm | William Rivers Pitt
The beleaguered Bush White House has spent the last several weeks insisting that no major shake-up of the administration was necessary, and no reshuffling of personnel was in the works. Hm. More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Deadlines and Dissent
Monday, 24 April 2006, 2:03 pm | William Rivers Pitt
The plaque on the side of the old brick building read, "This is Fanueil Hall, the cradle of liberty, built and given to the town of Boston by Peter Fanueil, 1742." Below this tribute, in larger letters, is a declaration: "Still used by a free people." ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: My Morning Song
Monday, 24 April 2006, 1:52 pm | William Rivers Pitt
The bar was mostly empty when I slipped onto my usual stool on Wednesday afternoon. The sun was out and a warm breeze blew through the city. Only a fool would be inside a dark saloon during such a beautiful day, I thought to myself as I took off my sunglasses. ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: My Morning Song
Friday, 21 April 2006, 11:46 am | William Rivers Pitt
The bar was mostly empty when I slipped onto my usual stool on Wednesday afternoon. The sun was out and a warm breeze blew through the city. Only a fool would be inside a dark saloon during such a beautiful day, I thought to myself as I took off my sunglasses. ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Setting the Record Straight
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 1:57 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Bill Simmons, an excellent sportswriter for ESPN, uses a yardstick he calls the Unintentional Comedy Rating to measure the humor of events that were not designed to be funny. For example, level 86 on a scale of 100 is achieved by "any Wimbledon interview where ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: How Crazy Are They?
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 4:36 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Things have come to a pretty pass in the United States of America when the first question you have to ask yourself on matters of war and death is, "Just how crazy are these people?" More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Leaker-in-Chief
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 10:56 pm | William Rivers Pitt
"I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information," said George W. Bush on September 30, 2003. "If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action." More >>
William Rivers Pitt: He's Gone
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 11:34 am | William Rivers Pitt
Stone the crows. Tom DeLay is checking out. "I'm going to announce tomorrow that I'm not running for reelection and that I'm going to leave Congress," said DeLay on Monday. "I'm very much at peace with it." More >>
William Pitt: An Average Joe's Spectacular Lies
Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 11:25 am | William Rivers Pitt
Page four of Sunday's Washington Post carried a story titled "The President as Average Joe," which described how George W. Bush is trying once again to cast himself as a regular fella so as to boost his anemic poll numbers. "As he takes to the road ... More >>
Plea in DeLay Case Snares Close Confidant
Monday, 3 April 2006, 11:52 am | William Rivers Pitt
The third significant plea deal in the Abramoff/DeLay bribery scandal was announced today, and the accusations resulting from the deal implicate the man at the very center of Rep. Tom DeLay's brain trust. The plea deal announced today for Tom C. ... More >>
