I'll take "Transparent Absurdities" for $200, Alex.Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. . . .Lawmakers are expected to release their own...
Month: October 2008
Dave and Hilzoy have noted some concerns on the part of our friends on the Right that Barack Obama may not actually be what he appears to be -- a.
Apparently, arbitrary executive power can be abused and exercised in ways that have little relationship with its stated justifications. Shocking!
Hilzoy, after spending far too much time reading The Corner:[The revisitation of the Ayers non-story] is delusional. It would be interesting to ask, for instance, why so few of Obama's law students have come forward to talk about his attempt to transform them into Maoist...
From the standpoint of a supporter of reproductive rights, Ann Bartow brings a pessimistic perspective while Neal Devins is more optimistic. I have agreements and problems with both arguments.I do.
Calgary Grit projects another Conservative minority. A majority had seemed possible to me, but according to this data the Tories just can't pick up enough seats in Quebec, and strategic.
I wouldn't bother with this subject except for the fact that Sullivan is both very widely read and published on the Atlantic's web site, so he's sort of kosher from the viewpoint of what "counts" as a mainstream media source.Sullivan has become obsessed with the...
When told that that John McCain's campaign (R.I.P.) will have BIG BIG news, I think it can only mean one thing: the release of the Whitey tape!
Who is 68 today in minus space time or plus soul time.Random thoughts:(1) Lennon's murder may have had more emotional impact on me than any other public event (I was.
So now that Sarah Palin is seeking personal vindication by assimilating dumb phrases from the wingnuttosphere, I suppose it's only a matter of time before she refers to the Democratic ticket as "idiotarians" or as enthusiasts of "dhimmitude." Or maybe she'll just respond to questions...
Huh. I didn't know that Nelson and Starbuck could infect me with teh gay:Mr. Fulrath is one of a growing number of single — and yes, heterosexual — men who.
Shorter Verbatim Camille Paglia: "Many others listening to Sarah Palin at her debate went into conniptions about what they assailed as her incoherence or incompetence. But I was never in.