In which I am once again deeply embarrassed for Mittens.Ahem:As he posed for a picture with a group of young people, the typically old-fashioned Romney was relaxed enough to quote from a popular hit single from a few years back.“Who let the dogs out?” he...
Author: davenoon
Kristol is trying to persuade the conservative howler monkeys in the GOP coalition to stop flinging offal at their hilariously unsatisfying presidential candidates. Dismissing the Reagan nostalgia that he helped.
On this date in 2001, George Walker Bush formally ascended to the office of President of the United States. In that day's inaugural address, speechwriter Michael Gerson -- addressing the.
Though I'd never publicly endorse vandalism, I see no reason to shed tears over last November's defacement of the Confederate memorial that sits at the Alabama capitol grounds in Montgomery. On the anniversary of Nat Turner's 1831 execution, three white teens evidently jumped the iron...
Before there were the Worst American Birthdays, there was Forgotten American Bastard Blogging, which established the standard for the genre. A little more than a year ago, Erik offered some.
Quite possibly the most backwards historical claim you'll read all day, from You Know Who:The progressives believed in authoritarianism and out-of-control executive power precisely because they were progressives. And the.
Stupid question here from someone whose knowledge of markets is roughly equivalent to his comprehension of particle physics:Why, as I'm listening to right-wing radio -- which I do more often than I care to admit -- do I constantly hear advertisements urging me to sink...
One of the great traitors of the Civil War era, John Cabell Breckinridge, was cut loose into the world on this date in 1821. Born less than a year after.
I just sent off what I hope were the final revisions to an article that was graciously accepted for publication by a journal in my field. I wrote the initial.
John Scalzi, via Ralph Luker:Jonah, dude, I don’t doubt that you misspoke. That’s pretty obvious. But, really. How does one — particularly one purporting to write a book on fascism — forget, even for a minute, that Mussolini was called a fascist because he was...
So I was doing an image search for George Wallace -- inaugurated as Alabama governor 45 years ago today -- and I came across this campaign comic book.The whole thing.
The Decider doesn't understand why the US and its allies in World War II couldn't have bombed Auschwitz and, he assumes, saved thousands of lives. Here, Bush is invoking a.