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Lithwick brings up something else: With this FISA vote, the Democrats have compromised the investigation into the U.S. attorney scandal. Th...

Special Wednesday edition: Dick Cheney vs. Phil Leotardo

WTF? Seriously. I don't really care what type of turnaround guy he is, I don't understand how you hire a guy that just got forced ou...

I can't believe this : President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdro...

Just want to vent today. I'm assuming that German TV has no problems with the Bundesliga as we all know that there is no doping in pro...

This is really ugly: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. shares plunged 90 percent after the lender said it doesn't have cash to fu...

I said yesterday that I thought that this year's TdF could be the year that things start to turn around in cycling. Today I'd like t...

Life is settling back down a bit, hopefully I'll be able to return to regular blogging. The TdF ended yesterday, and what a fun tour it...

14:1 ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone (which is what Landis had, over the 4:1 limit)? Paah. Peanuts to Matthias Kessler (scroll do...

Sometimes crazy things happen in the TdF. One thing that frequently gets overlooked in Armstrong's string of victories is his ability t...

Fuck you, Michael Chertoff : On Tuesday, Michael Chertoff , the secretary of homeland security, told the editorial board of The Chicago Trib...

Saw the end of yesterday's stage last night, you know, the one where Fabian Cancellara rides off the front of the pack with 750 meters t...

I (stupidly) assumed that as the housing market cooled, people would be forced to reduce their spending. I still think that's right, bu...

In the literal sense of the word. There is no way that Cancellara is clean. No way. I had my suspicions last year after he won both Paris...

Prologue tomorrow in London: George Hincapie Podium: Cadel Evans, Vino and Levi with Kloden and Sastre having outside chances of hitting th...

From the WSJ : U.S. employment posted a solid rise last month on strong hiring in health care and government and previous months' gains ...

Fastest road sprinter in the world, Alessandro Petacchi is not going to the TdF . He was the dominant sprinter in the Giro this year. Spe...

I can't really get all worked up over the Libby commutation. It just doesn't rank that high on the list of this administration'...

In 1998, Bobby Julich took 3rd in the TdF. 1998 was the year of the "Festina Affair" where a bunch of top contenders were thrown ...

Jaksche's confession ? So far not much: "Yes, I did dope, but I never overdid it," continued Jaksche to Der Spiegel. "I ...