Clik here to view.
From Here to Anonymity (Man of a Thousand Farces edition)
With a shudder, it occurred to me the other day that I’ve been writing about Willard Mitt Romney, off and on, for nineteen months. There are very few things I dream of spending nineteen months writing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Just Wonderin’
For the past few days, I can’t help but wonder how Romney/GOP supporters have justified their support and votes to the people in their lives. How did you explain to your daughters that you voted for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Dialogue of Givers and Takers
Barack Obama, at his inauguration, spoke memorable words: “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.” He called for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Freedom’s Noble Name
Karl Marx would either laugh or be terribly perplexed by what has been wrought from his dialectic. With all of their bluster, the GOP has now stood Marx on his head. Against every assessment of his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Come Big News Is Seldom About Big Ideas?
Have you noticed how we now log our tragedies by their dates? We have killed more of our own citizens with guns than have died in all the wars the US fought since the Revolution (212,000+). Robbing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Take Five (Party Down edition)
ONE: “Please run for president. Please run for president.” They nominated an entitled, anti-charismatic corporate raider whose positions change with the tides and whose religion is considered by much...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stormy Monday, 6/24/13
This afternoon, the Senate will probably attempt a vote on an omnibus amendment to the comprehensive immigration bill, following last week’s agreement on inclusion of border security measures. If the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prate of the Union
A typical State of the Union Address tells us less about a presidency than the other party’s official response to it does. This has been especially true during the Obama years. More crucially, though,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Private Annual Public Pipeline
Their ideas (Republican ideas) on race had slightly more leverage in the last two elections than their conservative views. The example of Obamacare consistently revealed the Krugman-cited “epistemic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Talks for 7/31/16
Well, the conventions are over, and thank goodness, the Democratic National Convention came after the Republican one, leaving us on a high note, rather than with the desire to jump off the nearest...
View Article
