A Takedown Of Sarah Palin

Posted by on Nov 21, 2010 in Opinion, Politics | No Comments

Frank Rich writing on the New York Times op-ed page: If logic applied to Palin’s career trajectory, this month might have been judged dreadful for her. In an otherwise great year for Republicans she endorsed a “Star Wars” bar gaggle of anomalous and wacky losers—the former witch, Christine O’Donnell; the raging nativist, Tom Tancredo; and ...

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We Used To Be A Different Nation

Posted by on Oct 8, 2010 in Opinion, Politics | No Comments

Paul Krugman writing in the New York Times: But American politics these days is anything but rational. Republicans bitterly opposed even the modest infrastructure spending contained in the Obama stimulus plan. And, on Thursday, Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, canceled America’s most important current public works project, the long-planned and much-needed second rail ...

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This Can’t Be Said Enough

Posted by on Sep 3, 2010 in Opinion, Politics | No Comments

Paul Krugman nails it in his NYT op-ed: Next week, President Obama is scheduled to propose new measures to boost the economy. I hope they’re bold and substantive, since the Republicans will oppose him regardless —if he came out for motherhood, the G.O.P. would declare motherhood un-American. So he should put them on the spot ...

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David Broder Has Lost His Mind (Again)

Posted by on Aug 26, 2010 in Opinion, Politics | No Comments

Via his column today in the Washington Post: Now that John McCain has taken care of his political business in Arizona, it is time for him to return to Washington and the responsibilities he bears as a leader of the Republican Party and the nation. Exactly why is he still writing for the Washington Post.

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The Torture “Crew” Weighs In On Kagan

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in Opinion | No Comments

I am sure like me you’ve be waiting to hear what John Yoo thinks about Elena Kagan. It appears the Philadelphia Inquirer must have been curious so they gave him a few column inches today. What if a college dean barred from campus recruiting any law firm that provided free representation to al-Qaida terrorists? Suppose ...

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