One of the many things that impressed me last night was the tear in Scott Walker’s eye while Ryan was speaking. That teardrop resonated with the commentary on blogs that are usually so critical and cynical. Simply put, a lot … Continue reading →
Silver was bad enough. But white is the new silver. And brown is emerging. How boring can we get? One thing’s for sure—nobody gets a white car because it doesn’t show the dirt.
Continue reading →Paul Ryan must really have frightened the left, because they can’t just disagree with him, they must discredit him by saying liar, liar, pants on fire. Article after article has appeared purporting to check and expose his terrible lies. Only … Continue reading →
8:11: I just turned on the TV, and John McCain is speaking. Remember him? He was the wrong man for the year 2008. But one thing that occurs to me is that he still seems pretty healthy. Remember all the … Continue reading →
Remember back in June when it was the 40th anniversary of the “napalm” girl photo that so shockingly depicted some of the civilian casualties in the Vietnam War? I wrote this piece in PJ for the occasion, in an attempt … Continue reading →
There were a lot of good speakers last night. I didn’t watch them all, but Artur Davis and Mia Love especially impressed me—Davis because he’s a changer, and Love because she showed that a demographic which usually goes Democratic (young … Continue reading →
…are speaking tonight. Kelly Ayotte. Chris Christie. Ann Romney. And a neo-Republican, Artur Davis. Love those changers! [ADDENDUM: And how could I overlook Scott Walker?]
Continue reading →True confessions: this is me. You never know when you might need…: On my last flight, my suitcase weighed exactly and precisely 50 pounds. Whew. And that doesn’t count the box of things I sent ahead of me.
Continue reading →And should he? Take a look. I’ve thought about this question before, and it’s quite a paradox. Here’s a guy the opposition is eager to paint as a rapacious and cruel capitalist exploiter, but who has been among the most … Continue reading →
Apparently not Obama. For all the furor about how Obama has the female vote, it turns out that women are hardly monolithic on that score, and that there’s a big divide between the married and the un. First, let’s look … Continue reading →
…going to watch the convention? I plan to look at some of it. My old problem with auditory learning and political speeches will almost undoubtedly kick in, though: …[T]he prepared speech has always been an enormous bore to me…Political speeches … Continue reading →
…here.
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