Before the Emperor’s Club VIP website got taken down, reporters from the Fish Wrapper got some screen grabs of pages advertising the various “models” whose companionship was offered. The rates are on page six of the screen grabs — you… Continue Reading
I wrote a few days ago that Mitt Romney was the best of the available choices for John McCain as his running mate. Fred Barnes agrees, and for largely the same reasons I suggested. So how come I don’t have… Continue Reading
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John McCain has a lengthy history of being a budget hawk, and one of his bugaboos has been earmarks. One of the reasons the GOP establishment dislikes McCain is that he has been very forthright about calling his fellow Republicans… Continue Reading
Why the double standard, Hillary? Why?
I don’t think it’s been a big secret that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer entertains White House ambitions, so I anticipated some flack for not including him on the list of possible running mates for Barack Obama. My rationale was… Continue Reading
“Let’s go walk to McDonald’s and get sundaes.” Thus did The Wife proposition me early this afternoon. You can address the cognitive dissonance of a walk to McDonald’s to get ice cream as a form of exercise at your leisure.… Continue Reading
Today’s WaPo offers an analysis that suggests Obama’s strategy of seeking delegate votes from traditionally Republican-voting areas will weaken him in the general election. The analysis is interesting in that it points out that Obama has managed to make gains… Continue Reading
I’m listening to a very interesting set of lectures on CD about the Italian Renaissance. The lecturer is taking a topical approach — one lecture is about the perfidy of Cesare Borgia (and the inevitable apology for his much-maligned sister… Continue Reading
Diplomacy sometimes works. It did in South America. Which is good — we need both the oil to flow and our client-state in Columbia to remain viable. War would not have been in the best interests of any of the… Continue Reading