For those of you who are eager to know why, oh why, oh why on earth John McCain stood in front of a sickly electric-green background for a few terrible minutes last night, the mystery may be solved. Sort of. … Continue reading →
Sick of the election? Had enough? Sick of the blogosphere’s obsession with it? Neo-neocon to the rescue, with something else to make you sick—a jello-mold recipe for the ages: strawberry pretzel jello. Yes, I repeat: STRAWBERRY PRETZEL JELL-O
Continue reading →Lindsay Graham did well to remind us of how wrong Obama was on the surge, how close some of the Congressional votes were, and how right John McCain was. But Graham is incorrect when he says that Obama has never … Continue reading →
Implicit in the repetitive and inane “but someone else wrote her speech for her!” observations about Palin’s performance last night is the idea that once she departs from a prepared text she’ll be a bumbler. After all, we’ve got the … Continue reading →
Last Sunday I called Palin an “Obama for the Right.” At the time, I was referring to her similar lack of national-level political experience, as well as the accusations that she’d been nominated for her femaleness and he for his … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that Sarah Palin brings out certain words and phrases in people reacting to her. Within a few days of her nomination, the word electrifying” kept appearing in articles about her effect on the Republican Party. After her speech … Continue reading →
I spent some time last night on certain blogs of the Left such as Firedoglake and TalkLeft, reading reactions to the Palin speech in the comments sections—much of it seemingly from women. The gist of it was: (1) Sarah’s mean, … Continue reading →
Delivering her address with poise, flair, intelligence, wit, and charm, Palin showed herself to be a formidable presence and a gritty fighter—with a radiant smile. Most amazing of all, she seemed to be enjoying herself hugely. I imagine Obama and … Continue reading →
A case is made for the idea that Palin is actually more experienced in foreign relations than Joe Biden. No, this is not a joke. Read it and see what I mean. And why do you think it was that … Continue reading →
Watching the Palin feeding frenzy, it occurs to me that we now have new rules for female candidates. These rules apply almost exclusively to candidates on the Right, of course; those on the Left (unless their name happens to be … Continue reading →
Christopher Orr of TNR gets it. [ADDENDUM: Heh.]
Continue reading →I grew up in an era in which abortion was both difficult to obtain and physically dangerous. Today’s commonplace alternative of raising the child as an unwed single mother was socially unacceptable in the extreme. Effective birth control was nowhere … Continue reading →