A theme of this blog going back to its earliest days is my repeated and escalating sadness at the decline in the quality and timbre of political discourse in the United States. Congressman Joe Wilson, however, pushed the already-low floor… Continue Reading
Good just plain isn’t good enough anymore. This irritates me. On more than one rating scale I’ve seen — in things like employee performance evaluations, customer satisfaction surveys, and the like — the rating scale goes something like this: 5… Continue Reading
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These eight men share an unusual honor, one not shared by the other thirty-five men who have served as President of the United States. What is it? John Quincy Adams James K. Polk Abraham Lincoln James Garfield Grover Cleveland Benjamin… Continue Reading
The California Republican Party, acting through its convention of generally self-identified party activists, has decided that it will not permit “decline to state” voters to participate in its primaries. The effect of this will be to put more moderate Republicans… Continue Reading
Sometimes, I like Keith Olbermann. He’s got an engaging on-air personality and when he editorializes he can be passionate and persuasive. But not when he goes all-in on partisanship and busts out with an argument like “all opposition to President… Continue Reading
Hands down the funniest thing I’ve read in days. Not that I’ve, you know, been there or anything.
Ah, politics. Debate and disagreement. Which degenerates into shouting matches and name-calling. Which sometimes then degenerates into fistfights. Well, it’s only fun until someone gets their finger bit off. Look, I have my opinion about health care reform. (I’m moderately… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I wrote in celebratory tones that the human rights law in Canada that had been used by over-zealous prosecutors to suppress freedom of speech had been found unconstitutional by Canada’s Supreme Court. This was inaccurate. In fact, the decision… Continue Reading