John McCain wants to re-make the GOP. Well, someone has to do it: …those familiar with McCain’s thinking say he has expressed serious concern about the direction of the party and is actively seeking out and supporting candidates who can… Continue Reading
Why has America fallen into such desperate and horrible straits? Oh, yeah, that’s right, it’s the atheists’ fault. Or, as Doug Mataconis puts it, “Yea, it has nothing to do with all those religious people who’ve, you know, actually been… Continue Reading
The hyperbole needs to end. Right f–ing now. Conservatives need to condemn birthers. They need to cast out the nutjobs that are poisoning serious debate about serious issues. They need to dump WorldNetDaily. And now they need to dump NewsMax.… Continue Reading
It ought to be rather simple and obvious. Don’t use public money to fund political messages. The White House is finally getting it and at least they’re not trying to tap-dance around admitting that someone didn’t screw up. A little… Continue Reading
It’s heartening to see that I’m not alone in decrying the loss of civility in political discourse. On the right, I proffer exhibit “A,” the following video featuring Joe Scarborough, pointing out Glenn Beck’s contributions to the decline in our… Continue Reading
Will Collier points out a very interesting set of thoughts from a very liberal observer of politics: To my ears, Obama’s speech before Congress was a bundle of contradictions – one big, fat lie. I did not buy his claim… Continue Reading
This sort of thing only works if you Readers actually make comments. Again, I’ll throw out a topic for your discussion. I’m not going to participate in these discussions for a while. Nor should you assume that I agree with… Continue Reading
I’m going to drop the blog into low gear for a few days as I try to re-discipline myself to writing something that might actually be published and purchased one day. I apologize in advance to my Reader. In the… Continue Reading
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
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