Vanity Fair Gets In The Act
Yes, this is satire. It’s second-generation satire at that, since it’s a satire of a satire. It, too, is funny and it, too, is bound to be misunderstood because Americans lack subtlety in their senses of humor.
2008 Election
Proposition 8 Slips Past The Margins
Looking at more polls, here’s today’s Field Poll release: Californians are preparing to reject Proposition 8 by a margin of 42-51. That’s a nine-point defeat for the Defense of Bigotry Amendment. The sample error on this poll is 3.9%. So… Continue Reading
Politics As Mythology
In a brief but provocative essay, George Mason University historian Rick Shenkman plugs his new book How Stupid Are We?: Facing The Truth About The American Voter with an exceedingly cynical and, in my opinion, piercingly accurate observation: Americans refer… Continue Reading
Smart Presidents
A friend is taking a class in psychology through the local college. It seems that while discussing the subject of IQ tests, the professor told her class (which included my friend) that Bill Clinton had an IQ of 187 and… Continue Reading
Obama’s Bounce Falls Into The Purple Muck
Senator Obama was expected to enjoy something of a bounce in the polls after locking up the nomination. At least according to Rasmussen, that’s gone now. Obama and McCain are tied at 46% each in a two-way preference matchup. If… Continue Reading
Realism In Bumper Sticker Form
From The Edge Of The American West.
Governor Crist Grows A Beard
It’s not that a single man as Vice-President seems kind of, well, queer to some folks. After all, Charlie Crist is just the Governor of Florida. He didn’t even go to Arizona with Mitt Romney to meet with John McCain… Continue Reading
Obama Flips
It’s entirely fair to ask Barack Obama what he thinks about same-sex marriage. It is not difficult to foresee President Obama called upon to sign or veto a bill repealing the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. Someone who thinks this… Continue Reading
Within The Margin Of Error
A while back, I took a bet. I bet Michael Reynolds a bottle of our respective favorite scotches on the outcome of the Presidential election. (Now, I know that gambling on the outcome of an election is illegal in the… Continue Reading
Memo From Chicago
Footnote — July 3, 2008: At dinner tonight, the subject of Wesley Clark’s attack on Senator McCain came up. I reminded The Wife of what happened — “Wesley Clark is the guy who dissed John McCain.” A friend interjected, “That’s… Continue Reading