Back to the Dark Side: Dick Cheney’s Pax Americana
Oct 26, 2015 "Exceptional," the new book from former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz, is nothing more than an unhinged rant that smacks of sedition.
‘Fair Game’: Spying in the Suburbs
Nov 9, 2010 It’s not quite “Ozzie and Harriet with Security Clearances,” but there is something inescapably unedifying in watching the Wilsons bicker their way through the clichés of marital disaffection in a case that—let’s face it—was of small import in the context of the much larger crimes perpetrated by a pusillanimous power elite.The film is more about the deterioration of suburban decorum than it is about the deterioration of honor and probity in the upper reaches of American government.
Grayson’s Comments Spark Congressional Flame War
Oct 2, 2009 The partisan nonsense meter hit a high Thursday following a protracted bout of bickering in the House that heated up after Florida Rep. Alan Grayson made his views about his Republican colleagues eminently clear, but he's not sorry, and he's not apologizing -- at least not yet. This does not please said colleagues, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't in a hurry to appease them either.Joe Wilson’s Confederate Cronies
Sep 17, 2009 The stupid misconduct of entertainer Kanye West and the South Carolina politician demonstrated, if any fresh proof is necessary, that thoughtless rudeness isn't confined by ethnicity, ideology or background.
Obama Counters Carter’s Race Claim
Sep 17, 2009 Although it certainly seems plausible that, as former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday, the intense hostility directed at President Barack Obama of late is partly rooted in racism, Obama apparently begs to differ.
Wilson Faces House Knuckle-Rapping for Heckling Obama
Sep 15, 2009 How much of a backlash should Rep. Joe Wilson endure, and in what form, for his "You lie!" outburst during President Obama's speech nearly a week ago? Well, on Tuesday, the House was nearing a conclusion about whether to officially admonish Wilson -- whatever that might mean. (Update: Wilson admonished.)
Appease and Carrots
Sep 14, 2009
Wilson and Our National Character
Sep 14, 2009 If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance right away? Or would you first ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant?If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance or ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant?
