I don't have time to fully defend my claim in comments, so allow me to outsource to Jon Chait. Obviously, the fact that Perry is leading in the polls does not in and of itself make him the frontrunner, but I think it should be...
Month: September 2011
Shorter Verbatim Victor Davis Hanson: "[Dick Cheney] had a lot of Democratic friends — remember how little acrimony he showed with Lieberman in the 2000 debate..." The whole thing is.
When both Rick Perry and Glenn Reynolds embrace an argument you know it's going to be uniquely stupid: RICK PERRY CALLS SOCIAL SECURITY A PONZI SCHEME. Well, I have heard.
I think one thing that fuels the current dysfunctions of higher education in this country is the extent to which older people -- and especially university administrators and faculty -- have lost touch with how basic shifts in the American economy have left young people...
People who see third parties as a solution in the American system naturally tend to speak entirely in evasive gibberish, but I think Matt Miller's latest plea is a particularly.