The answer — conservative, evangelical Christians, particularly ones who are young and uneducated. Of course, these are likely the same people who think that Catholics are also not Christians. So take that for what it’s worth. Point is, it doesn’t… Continue Reading
President Obama has opened up the White House website for “question time,” promising to answer the most popular questions on a smorgasboard of issues during his weekly online video address. Very cool. A quick check at the White House website,… Continue Reading
I’ve got no TV. I didn’t watch the President on the Tonight Show. I’m not entirely sure if it’s beneath the dignity of the office to go on the show. But it seems President Obama flubbed a joke and wound… Continue Reading
That’s right. You’ll see it on the news tomorrow. But you read it here first. Tomorrow, the Congressional Budget Office will forecast that the 2009-2010 federal budget will run at a staggering, unbelievable, mind-blowing, and scarcely comprehensible two trillion dollar… Continue Reading
Okay, I admit that I’m sometimes guilty of the blogging sin described above. But this time it seems particularly annoying to me. So first, the meme that is being repeated all over the internets; I’ve traced it back to ABC… Continue Reading
At the end of December, I made sixteen predictions for 2009. Here’s how I’m doing so far: Prediction Status The United States Federal deficit for calendar year 2009 will exceed $1.5 trillion. I may have been too modest in this… Continue Reading
President Obama, directly addressing a critical issue, has promised to reduce budget deficit to $650 billion by 2013. To get that promise, I have to parse through a few of his statements, like his evaluation that the government was running… Continue Reading
He’s the one showing both leadership and principle on this. I’m not so sure that some House Republicans are voting no on the stimulus just to be obstructionist (although I do think that Sully has overstated the case about “war”… Continue Reading
Citing what amounts to irreconcilable differences on the stimulus bill, Senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination to be President Obama’s Commerce Secretary. This is more of a relief than a surprise, although the President is likely feeling stabbed in… Continue Reading
Do my ears and eyes deceive me? Or did Jon Stewart do nearly seven minutes of riffing on President Obama on The Daily Show? Yes! Yes, he did! He mocked the Cabinet appointees, Obama’s halting performance during his press conference,… Continue Reading