The senator chaired the committee that birthed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a Watergate-inspired law which the U.S. attorney general now says does not apply to the White House.
The longtime Northwest journalist and author lets fly some arrows in a guest column in The New York Times.
The premise is so simple: Stick someone else with the bill. Besides making everyone happy, this approach will solve global warming.
The arctic grayling, a kind of trout, is virtually gone from Montana. But it's not listed as an endangered species. The reason why is a long story involving Montana ranch politics and the complicated rules of the Endangered Species Act.
Things were pretty confusing during the Senate testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. You need to know the secret code. Here it is.
