washingtonpost.com - Washington Sketch by Dana Milbank (washingtonpost.com)Dana Milbank's Washington Sketch looks at the political scene in the White House, Congress and throughout the nation's capital.The Escape Artist- April 30, 2008 The incredible shrinking presidency of George Walker Bush hit a new milestone yesterday: The commander in chief turned to sorcery.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902548.html?nav=r... Still More Lamentations From Jeremiah- April 29, 2008 The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, explaining why he had waited so long before breaking his silence about his incendiary sermons, offered a paraphrase from Proverbs yesterday: "It is better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802269.html?nav=r... Iraq War Is Everyone Else's Fault, Feith Explains- April 25, 2008 Mistakes were made. But not by him.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403481.html?nav=r... What the Family Would Let You See, the Pentagon Obstructs- April 24, 2008 Lt. Col. Billy Hall, one of the most senior officers to be killed in the Iraq war, was laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. It's hard to escape the conclusion that the Pentagon doesn't want you to know that.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042303244.html?nav=r... Just When You Think They Might Be Out, They Get Pulled Back In- April 23, 2008 PHILADELPHIAhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042202848.html?nav=r... In This Forgotten Town, Obama Can Forget About It- April 22, 2008 McKEESPORT, Pa.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102794.html?nav=r... Isn't That Special- April 18, 2008 You know times are tough when the American president and the British prime minister start talking about the good ol' days of the Blitz.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/17/AR2008041703507.html?nav=r... It's Not the Holy See, but We Like It- April 17, 2008 "In our nation," President Bush told Pope Benedict XVI at the White House yesterday, "faith and reason coexist in harmony."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041603122.html?nav=r... For Obama and McCain, the Bitter and the Sweet- April 15, 2008 So much for the liberal media.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402633.html?nav=r... The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out- April 11, 2008 The alleged D.C. Madam once threatened the likes of a United States senator, a deputy secretary of state, and the man who created the war doctrine of "shock and awe." But the Madam's criminal trial this week has turned out to be less shock and awe than shock and ewww.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003486.html?nav=r... |