It’s a somewhat delicious coincidence that the “Iron my Shirt” scandal has broken on the very same day as the Times published Gloria Steinem’s op-ed column calling on women to vote for Clinton because she is a woman. That said, I’ve got to agree with Melinda Henneberger here (words I thought I’d never say). Voting […]
Month: January 2008
Mike Huckabee advocates a return to Dred Scott-era citizenship rules for American-born children of illegal aliens. What’s even more pathetic is that he wants to join in crank litigation to claim
It’s been buried by NH primary news, but it’s worth noting that the Supreme Court heard Baze v. Rees yesterday. The case challenges Kentucky’s use of a three-drug cocktail to execute
Kerry Howley gets it right in responding to John Edwards affecting Manliness in response to Clinton briefly crying: Add to this useful list of the worst jobs in the world: consultant to any candidate with breasts. Show emotion and you’re weak; show strength and you’re a collection of servos. Respond to attacks with emotion and […]
Heading into tonight’s New Hampshire primary with McCain and Obama as the frontrunners, I have to wonder….does anyone else find it funny that McCain keeps calling for change, yet his polic
Dana is right, of course, that there was a considerable amount of sexism inherent in characterizations of Clinton’s debate performance on Saturday. (“Medusa look,” ugh.) This present
There’s a good piece by Tim Golden in today’s Times about the detention center at Bagram, where conditions are even more bleak than at Guantanamo; conditions are overcrowded (the population having increased from around 100 to nearly 700 since 2002), detainees have no access to lawyers, and the the US continues in many instances to […]
One does indeed hope that should Clinton go on to lose the primary it would have the salutary effect of permanently discrediting Mark Penn. (Although, alas, always losing competitive campaigns hasn
The general absurdity and delusion aside (how could anyone ever have expected something different from a cog so deeply enmeshed in the GOP/think tank machine; moreover, should Kristol be celebrating a
Old news, but I hadn’t seen before that Barack Obama had declared the Wire his favorite television program, while Clinton prefers Grey’s Anatomy, and Edwards remains stuck in 1994. It’s kind of interesting; even at this late date, I would have thought there was some risk for a politician in describing a preference for a […]
Bill Kristol’s got his first column up in the Times today. And he comes out swinging. His column’s main point: Huckabee might be the best nominee the GOP has to offer. It’s a doozy.
When I was in D.C. I was reminded about Parade, the Sunday insert for readers who find In Style a little too highbrow. This seems about right… Speaking of Berube, I wonder if he has the influenc