The Post reports. The White House intensified its attacks Sunday on the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its alleged ties to foreign donors, part of an escalating Democratic effort to link Republican allies with corporate and overseas interests ahead of the November midterm elections.
Month: October 2010
Judicial ethics and Virginia Thomas’s 501(c)(4)
The Times examines. But to some people who study judicial ethics, Mrs. Thomas’s activism is raising knotty questions, in particular about her acceptance of large, unidentified contributions for Liberty Central.
Gap between “romance and reality” in online politics
Frank Rich discusses online politics in his column this morning. In the idealized narrative of digital democracy, greater connectivity has bequeathed more governmental transparency, more grass-roots participation and even a more efficient rendering of political justice. . . . But you can also construct a less salutary counternarrative.