Shawn Young of the Wall Street Journal reports on yet another data breach:
AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that hackers broke into one of its computer systems and stole credit-card numbers and other personal information from about 18,000 to 19,000 customers.
Elected officials need to do more to ensure data security. Much is at stake.

Last week, I made the point on a CBS Evening News story that as much as Bush’s political standing is suffering from his disastrous Iraq policy, we Democrats aren’t fully going to reap the rewards in the November congressional elections unless we put together a cohesive policy of our own.
Today’s Washington Post highlights the problems […]

The AP is reporting that the DSCC has removed from its website an ad that featured an anti-immigration image much like the above one, taken from the website of Republican wingnut/congressional candidate Vernon Robinson.
As far as the Latino vote is concerned, Democrats’ one significant advantage over Republicans is the perception that Republicans are more discriminatory […]

Republican Texas State Rep Gene Seaman is flailing to disparage his Democratic challenger and friend of Araceli’s and mine, Juan Garcia:
During an interview about the race for District 32 State Representative, Republican incumbent Gene Seaman tried to shoot down Democratic opponent Juan Garcia’s Naval flight record.
“He’s not a fighter pilot,” Seaman asserted. “He never flew […]

One of the points I have been trying to make on this blog is that being being affirmatively pro-immigrant is not the way to win back the Latino votes we Democrats lost in 2004. Latino voters are already here - whether it gets any easier for more Latinos to become American is less important to […]

It’s been a big month for my dear friend Molly Levinson. Over the July 4th weekend, she got married to a wonderful man, Josh Wachs. And yesterday, CBS News announced that Molly will be their new Political Director.
NBC and ABC, look out. Molly’s taking over!

The Red Herring reports on the recent ratification by the U.S. Senate of an international treaty designed to promote global cooperation when it comes to fighting computer-related crimes. My client, Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, is quoted:
“National borders are virtually irrelevant to cybercriminals, making global cooperation absolutely critical in the battle against […]

I had never even heard of Culture Clash before my wife took her old high school counselor, George Flores, and me to the Mark Taper Forum yesterday to see a performance of “Water & Power.” So when George was saying after the play that their writing has matured so much because they no longer played […]

In his weekly Daily News column, veteran LA political reporter Rick Orlov makes a good point:
Both men [Antonio Villaraigosa and Gavin Newsom] also face a historical problem - no mayor of Los Angeles or San Francisco ever has been elected governor. Former Mayor Tom Bradley came the closest, but he lost out to then-Attorney General […]

Campbell Robertson of the New York Times reports on the increased use of polling on Broadway:
Just before a Monday night performance of “Altar Boyz,” Mr. Craig and his team were at work, taping detailed questionnaires to all the seats and finding audience members for an informal 20-minute focus group after the show.
“I’m seeing a heavier […]