Democrats — particularly Democratic legislators — appear to be made up of equal parts of corruption, incompetence, and half-baked idealism. Republican politicians, for their part, have responded to every opportunity to capitalize on this by proving themselves not only equally… Continue Reading
See if you can spot the astonishing misuse of the English language by the Speaker of California’s Assembly, Karen Bass* — ostensibly the second-most powerful person in the state government after the Governor — in this Fish Wrapper interview. I’ll… Continue Reading
I think this finally brings the 2008 election cycle to a close. I’ve grown resigned to this idea of this for a while now. It will become a reality soon. Doesn’t mean I like it. Not that I ever disliked… Continue Reading
A cruise of Real Clear Politics this morning revealed videos six hit advertisements from moveon.org — aimed at Dianne Feinstein, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, and Tom Carper. What all of these politicians have in common is… Continue Reading
Man, that’s one expensive trip Mark Sanford just took to Buenos Aires. I don’t mean the airfare, hotel, and car rental. He’ll be paying that price in the future.
Iran falls into national paralysis as the nation reels from apparently-corrupted elections. Initially, there’s little way for us in the West to tell if the elections were less democratic than expected, but over time we learn that the returns came… Continue Reading
Scene: [The office, by the coffee machine. Morning. ENTER Transplanted Lawyer and a Co-Worker.] Transplanted Lawyer: “Hey, 65-year-old co-worker, I see you got a tattoo on your forearm this weekend! That’s very cool!” Co-Worker: “Yeah, Younger Co-Worker gave it to… Continue Reading
I’m hearing slow burn here in my elected representative’s voice: Apparently, she Senator Boxer didn’t realize that “Ma’am” is a formal title which military people call women who outrank them in the hierarchy, the equivalent of using the honorific “Sir”… Continue Reading
Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order extending just-barely-non-trivial benefits to same-sex couples employed by the Federal government. It’s better than nothing, but it’s hardly treating a same-sex couple equally with a married opposite-sex couple. Which is why the population… Continue Reading
Moderates respond well to messages of fiscal conservatism, when they are devoid of social authoritarianism. The appropriate response to this revelation is not to explain why moderates should become more conservative.