It’s been interesting—as in, “may you live in interesting times.” It seems long already. And although previous presidential election years have featured heated battles, this one seems even more heated. Maybe I’m just not remembering correctly. But there’s an element … Continue reading →
In a move that should hardly surprise anyone, Obama has circumvented the power of Republicans in Congress by appointing Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It’s been clear for a long time that the fight … Continue reading →
The WSJ wonders how it is that “GOP leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday that they are surely going to pass.” I’ll help them out. (1) Never … Continue reading →
Remember Reagan’s eleventh commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican?” This year the interminable debate format and the large size of the field has made it almost inevitable that just about everybody’s been violating it, and it … Continue reading →
The evidence mounts (hat tip: Ace) that Obama’s name may have been placed on the Indiana Democratic primary ballot due to petitions with some forged signatures: The prospect that [Jeff and Charity Rorie’s] are two of an estimated 150 signatures … Continue reading →
Herman Cain continues to strongly deny Ginger White’s allegations that they had a 13-year-long consensual affair, but he’s thinking of dropping out of the race because, as he puts it: It’s also taken a toll on my wife and family, … Continue reading →
Here’s a distinctive article about how Mitt Romney’s hair is his most distinctive feature: By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign … Continue reading →
Commenter “kaba” offers a nice summary of our present situation: We have a president who neither knows or understands anything about the country he is supposedly leading. Despite what his birth certificate might say he is an alien in any … Continue reading →
Will you be watching tonight? I have debate fatigue, myself. I’ve become convinced that the main function of these debates is to collect the largest possible assortment of gaffes with which to (a) destroy each front runner in turn; and … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The two mainstream political parties in America have grown more bitter and more extreme. Oh, I know there have been even more divisive times in American history. After all, I hear tell there was a Civil War a while back. … Continue reading →
It’s not perfect. But Paul Farhi offers a relatively fair narration of the events in question—you know, the ones I’ve been writing about (here and here) concerning the rumors that have been spreading for many years to the effect that … Continue reading →