Even former Bush sycophants are deserting--Andrew Sullivan, Howard Fineman, Mickey Kaus. But I was shocked to see that the paper of choice for the complacent mid-right, The Seattle Times, had endorsed Kerry: Four years ago, this page endorsed George W. Bush for president. We cannot do so...
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My home town, where I lived from birth through my 18th birthday, is Port Angeles, Washington. It's certainly in a beautiful part of the country, and all in all it.
Against my better judgment, I used Kernell and Jacobsohn's The Logic of American Politics for my course on American political history. I wasn't crazy about it in my perusal, but it's.
I don't have much to add to Rob's able attack on the laughable attempts of Cheney to spin the Duelfer report. I would like to emphasize that utter worthlessness of intentions, in and of themselves, as a justification for military intervention. I have no doubt...
What the fuck is he doing out there? On the other hand, every inning an already slagged Yankees bullpen throws can only be good...
The estimation quiz was fun. Despite managing to guess Tony Benn's age, I couldn't best Rob: 36%. I'm really, really bad at estimating weights and distances (and when did they.
Well, that was a tough day. But it was poignant to be at Shea for such a sad, momentous day: the retirement of Todd Zeile. Every time between innings, when they showed highlights of his long career accompanied by string quartet arrangements of Kiss songs*,...
A list of superb choices from the Poor Man. (Although I must admit to liking pretentious Latin phrases.) However, I would like to reiterate that any such list absolutely demands.
Make sure to catch a special Saturday Howler, as Somerby catches Maureen Dowd dead to rights making up the "Who among us doesn't like NASCAR?" Kerry "quote", which needless to say.
Ichiro! Very classy all the way. Did it in his first 2 ABs, Randy Newman's soundtrack from The Natural playing, George Sisler's daughter in attendance. Cool.
One of Yglesias's commenters nails it: Bush was at times defensive, insecure and peevish. Sometimes he almost seemed to be defending his intelligence, as when he kept insisting "I know how.
I watched it on the first floor of the college, where NBC set up cameras to interview students, before and after. I felt as nervous as before a game 7.