• A ROUND OF BOOS to Phill Kline, the Attorney General of Kansas and a fervent opponent of abortion rights, for somehow managing to convince a court to compel a pair of women’s health clinics in the state to release “the records of 90 patients.â€? Though the records were redacted, Kline’s aggressive pursuit of this confidential information sends a chilling message to any woman in the Sunflower State who might seek an abortion or other health services. more…

• A ROUND OF BOOS to Virginia Senator George Allen and his minions for their mishandling of a situation in which a constituent attempted to confront Allen with a pointed question about how he treated his first wife. Before this exchange could take place, though, the man was wrestled to the ground and forced to leave the premises. Later on, the Senator blithely commented that “things like that happen.â€? Really, where? Maybe in the insular fascistic world of George Allen. more and more…

• A ROUND OF BOOS to Tom DeLay, the former House Majority leader who left office after being “indicted for money-laundering and conspiracy to commit money-laundering and has been linked to a number of other scandals,â€? for either lying or being in severe denial during a recent appearance on FOX News. When asked about his troubles, DeLay said with a smile, “I have had no ethical problems.â€? I guess, when you have no ethics, there’s no problem. more…

• A ROUND OF BOOS to White House press secretary Tony Snow for making the outlandish claim that, “when it comes to the issue of stem cell research, there has been no party or no President who has stepped up and made possible more research and encouraged more research than George W. Bush.â€? Yeah, right, and Bush is a true devotee of the accepted research on evolution, global warming, et al. more…