In National Journal, Linda Douglass offers us a glimpse into a phase of McCain’s career I hadn’t previously known about. In the late 70s, he was the Navy’s liaison to the Senate, and it turns out to have been one … Continue reading →
…if I find myself in general agreement with Paul Krugman.
Continue reading →…companies, says Obama. Just their executives, family members, and employees. Which of course leaves him free from any taint of oil influence—as opposed to all the other candidates who also do not take money from oil companies, because it’s illegal. … Continue reading →
Did you ever notice how often Obama uses the word “silly” to describe questions he doesn’t want to answer and issues he doesn’t want to address? It’s an interesting ploy, a way to escape being pinned down while attempting to … Continue reading →
Arianna Huffington is worried about a vast right-wing conspiracy—in the MSM. I kid you not. Huffington believes that during the seven years of the Bush Administration the “mainstream media…has completely internalized how the right frames all political debate. The right-wing … Continue reading →
A Presidential campaign is not a tea party, and it’s a bizarre and ultimately unrealistic affectation to think it won’t go negative sooner or later. How can a candidate just say how wonderful he/she is without saying what’s wrong with … Continue reading →
…cling bitterly to Hillary Clinton. Random questions and observations: I wonder whether the Democratic Party will change its proportionate primary process come 2012. I wonder whether the Democratic Party will figure out a way to seat or to redo Florida … Continue reading →
There’s a rumor to the effect that the dancers in this video are all human. I have my doubts, though—especially about the third one, the guy in the orange shirt, whose protoplasm seems to be more gelatinous than most.
Continue reading →It’s Pennsylvania primary day, an appropriate moment to meditate on whatever would make a person want to enter this particular fray. Who would wish to campaign so long and so hard for a prize that represents one of the most … Continue reading →
At 8 PM Eastern time tonight, the Sanity Squad will be discussing Hillary’s future after tomorrow’s primary, and dear old ex-President Jimmy Carter and his recent Middle East shenanigans. Join Dr. Sanity, Shrink, Siggy, and me.
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Continue reading →From my own encounters with the French legal system and the cause of freedom of speech in France, I ought not to be the least bit surprised at the news that Brigette Bardot faces charges of inciting racial hatred against … Continue reading →