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Stories by Charlotte Innes

Will Limbaugh get pushed off U.S. Army Radio?

Consultants for the military say hip hop and pop would be better for ratings.
Posted on Jun 9, 2006

Kerry on the lost election: "I know we screwed up"

An off-the-record chat went on the record, things were said that shouldn't have been printed...
Posted on Jun 8, 2006

And now a message from the Log Cabin wing of the GOP:

"Today, you desecrate America's House by using the White House grounds to denigrate part of the American family."
Posted on Jun 5, 2006

Do Iraqis care about shame more than death?

A life-long war nerd says that Iraqis didn't more than shrug after Haditha, while they are still fuming about the humiliations of Abu Ghraib.
Posted on Jun 2, 2006

A peek into how 'terrorists' buy oil rights

In Nigeria, they didn't just negotiate with a bunch of militants and saboteurs -- they sold them oil rights.
Posted on Jun 2, 2006

The 'dangers' of MySpace

Nevermind that .01% of youth abductions in America are conducted by strangers, the feds want to get their claws on the internet.
Posted on May 31, 2006

Top Methodist leader wants Bush - a Methodist - impeached

Jim Winkler, head of United Methodist Board of Church and Society with eight million members revs up and calls BS on the "illegal war of aggression" in Iraq.
Posted on May 30, 2006

Will the US and UK quit Iraq sooner than planned?

One of the best English-speaking journalists in Iraq thinks so.
Posted on May 26, 2006

What went wrong with Fannie Mae?

A serious look at Fannie Mae will reveal that the federal government has spiralled out of control.
Posted on May 25, 2006

How is Iran preparing for a U.S. strike?

Holding military exercises, playing war games, practising riot control, and a bunch of other things we aren't hearing about.
Posted on May 23, 2006

Santorum is #1

Sen. Rick Santorum proves to be the Senate's top money "getter" from lobbyists.
Posted on May 22, 2006

Hands off my Houellebecq, Updike

Washed-up curmudgeon John Updike sizes up a fine French novelist and can't contain his jealousy.
Posted on May 22, 2006

Which Christians in the U.S. are most Zionist and why?

The evangelicals. No contest, according to one conservative author.
Posted on May 22, 2006

Will DC finally get some Rep?

Sort of, but the deal on the table will probably deny statehood, and the power that comes with it.
Posted on May 20, 2006

How low can you go?

In which I make a GOP politician and Slate duel it out for dung heap status & bonus -- a reader rebuts my suggestion that Hillary might give us health care
Posted on May 19, 2006

Holy Subdivision!

Is the rise of Christian fundamentalism tied to birth of the suburbs?
Posted on May 19, 2006

Feingold calls BS on gay-hating placebo politics

Leaving a closed-door hearing, Sen. Russ Feingold tells Republican creeps who were writing a constitutional amendment to "protect marriage," "See ya."
Posted on May 18, 2006

Video: Pentagon releases Flight 77 footage from 9/11

After years of wrangling, Judicial Watch finally gets the tapes released
Posted on May 16, 2006

The story behind Bolivia's gas nationalization

Much, much more fascinating than it sounds...
Posted on May 15, 2006

On ABC News, call records, and the protection of sources

The government is listening to ABC reporter's phone calls to try and find out who is leaking to them.
Posted on May 15, 2006

The crisis of American politics

The myths that uphold our most basic tenets of how our society, politics and economics function are husks of what they were. Let's fess up on that, and embark in the creation of newer, healthier ones.
Posted on May 13, 2006

Is this spying scandal the 'tip of the iceberg?'

A whistleblower promises fireworks at his upcoming Senate testimony.
Posted on May 12, 2006

Another GOP congressman investigated

Oh boy, and this one is the sleek, Sher-Khan-looking Jerry Lewis
Posted on May 11, 2006

I may not sympathize, but I do agree with the 'terrorists'

Bill O' Reilly was right all along.
Posted on May 9, 2006

Giuliani: The legacy of an a**hole

A pox on the "mayor who cleaned up New York."
Posted on May 8, 2006

How do you stop a government hell bent on bombing Iran?

The latest evidence is that Bush fired the British foreign secretary because he was opposed to it. What can we do?
Posted on May 8, 2006

Larry Johnson: Why Porter Goss Resigned

A former spook gives some good backstory... and some pro-CIA propaganda.
Posted on May 6, 2006

Mexico can't get high

with a little help from its friends.
Posted on May 4, 2006

Why would any Democrat bash Stephen Colbert?

For a few no-good reasons, that's why.
Posted on May 3, 2006

#3 guy at the CIA denies prostitutes...

but he admits to playing cards.
Posted on May 2, 2006

80,000 terror suspects

The classified aiport watch list went from 16 before 9/11 to 80k
Posted on May 2, 2006

News room, war room, war zone, what's the difference?

Rumsfeld declares “some of the most critical battles may no be in the streets of Iraq, but in newsrooms.”
Posted on May 1, 2006

Taking the TV out of White House press briefings

The new chief of staff thinks it might be good in the long run.
Posted on May 1, 2006

¡Viva la Pharmacopia!

Instead of launching a new war on drugs, Mexico just decriminalized almost all of the most popular ones.
Posted on Apr 28, 2006

Neil Young reviewed

Does his album clobber the thought police?
Posted on Apr 28, 2006

Noncitizens have the obligations of citizens

So why not the right to vote?
Posted on Apr 27, 2006

$100 gift certificate from Congress

If you own a SUV, that's enough for two tanks of gas! Talk about responsive politics.
Posted on Apr 27, 2006

The discourse on oil must change

A top collective of energy observers bash Washington's response to rising gas prices.
Posted on Apr 27, 2006

Desperate times call for kick-ass energy conferences

And that call has been answered: Local Energy Solutions in New York City, this week.
Posted on Apr 25, 2006

The Decadence of Slate

It's the go-to webmag for the ever-atrophying East Coast snob tribal mindset, and it's oh so rotten to the core.
Posted on Apr 24, 2006

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