Another One Rides The Bus: What is Sarah Palin Up To?
Last weekend Sarah Palin began her “One Nation” bus tour, barnstorming around the Northeast, with news organizations scrambling like flies around media manure to keep abreast of what she will do next. … Continue reading →
Sorry Republicans: TARP Worked.
If you turned on a TV, or picked up a newspaper, or logged in to the Internet in 2008, it was everywhere: The Bailout. It was evil. It was immoral. … Continue reading →
Things Get Worse With Koch: Tea Party Pumps Up $4 Gas
UPDATED 5/25/11: Ancient tribes blamed angry deities for their troubles. Drought? The goddess of rain is angry. Four dollar gasoline? There is always that push to blame the Arab oil … Continue reading →
Dissecting Right Wing Political Extremism
OPINION – Democrats stink at branding and messaging. They still live in the wonkish intellectual nirvana that somehow if we explain the societal benefits of policy to the American people, … Continue reading →
Tea Party Quicksand in the GOP Presidential Landscape
When Newt Gingrich is too moderate for the Republican Party, the Tea Party has turned the political landscape to quicksand for GOP presidential aspirants. Gingrich, appearing on NBC’s Meet the … Continue reading →
Citizen Cain
OPINION – As it comes to all men, 15 minutes of fame have befallen Herman Cain… “Rosebud…” NEWS ON THE MARCH!!
Bin Laden Made Big Oil Rich; GOP Means to Keep Them That Way
It is always on the days that the news flow is so obsessed with one big story that both parties in the House of Representatives are out to try and … Continue reading →
No V for Victory
I’m going through the airport. My shoes are off. My liquids are in an approved ziplock bag. They’re all less than two ounces. Much of the divide in the politics … Continue reading →
Ding Dong the Dastard’s Dead – Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
The President announces the death and capture of the body of Osama Bin Laden. It knocks down the conspiracy theorists who will try to say we didn’t get him. The … Continue reading →
New Orleans: Ground-Zero in the Cultural War
The Founding Fathers defined the boundaries of liberty and freedom. New Orleans lives them. The birthplace of jazz. The true birthplace of Rock-and-Roll. Home to most American cultural traditions of … Continue reading →









