Roger Ailes has a great post about Andrew Sullivan declaring that he no longer supports the GOP, because they have the same position on gay rights that they’ve always had. If you scroll up a bit, you can see Sully’s desperation, as he demonstrates the full-on Phantom Menace effect. Says Sully: [Reagan] would never have presided over the massive […]
Month: June 2004
I tried to come up with a response to Chris Hitchens this morning, and I just couldn’t. He’s not the sort that I would welcome back to our side. I’m sure, for Chris, all this is pa
Speaking of nonsense and Texas, I recall some time ago hearing about some impending legal trouble for Tom Delay. The story appears to be a bit complicated, involving a misbehaving PAC run by the bug m
Here’s to hoping that someone asks George Bush “Mr. President, do you agree with the platform of your party in your home state?” Make sure to check out Kevin Drum’s discussion. Here are the high points, from the only state to secede from two different countries in defense of slavery: -Abolishment of the Federal Reserve and return […]
Now that there’s a fairly broad consensus that The Phantom Menace was godawful, it’s often forgotten how well the movie was initially received not only by many fans but by much of the med
Juan Cole does a better job with Reagan than I ever could.
After some controversial posts, I thought I would go with this. Griffey hit 496 yesterday, 497 and 498 today. It’s remarkable that, even after losing two and a half seasons to injury, he still has a fair chance of hitting 600 home runs. Reminds you just how impressive he was for the Mariners in the […]
To me, the question of nuclear power, as with conscription, becomes easier when removed from the abstract level to the context of American politics. Discussing the merits of nuclear power on its own m
My post below on oil and alternative energy sources made no comment on nuclear power. There is a good reason for that–I’m not at all sure what I should think about nuclear power. I’v
Hmm. Anything good about the Reagan legacy? We can say that he probably wasn’t dumb enough to actually believe in supply-side economics. He understood the political value of tax cuts, but wasn’t blind; not like the current administration. I don’t know if that makes him better or worse than G.W. He was bright enough to […]
When a baseball game is interrupted so that Fred Barnes can spout wingnut propaganda at interminable length, the terrorists have already won.
The Stranger, an alternative weekly here in Seattle, is the best source for local news I’m aware of. It certainly beats the other weekly and both dailies. Perhaps there are better sources, but I