Taking Advice from Senator Grassley
Grassley (R-IA): Go kill yourself. David Kellerman (CFO – Freddie Mac): Done.
View ArticleThe Right’s Betrayal of Conservatism
Three controversies in recent years describe how the Right in America has betrayed conservatism. In the first, the Terri Schiavo controversy, Rightists attacked marriage and family in their attempt to...
View ArticleGore, like Palin
I was chatting with a friend on google, who hung up on me when I noted that Al Gore was like Sarah Palin. Both of them express natural sentiments — that global warming is bad, that most of American...
View ArticleScozzafava is a Loyal Republican
I applaud and support Diedre Scozzafava’s decision to withdraw as a candidate in the special election in New York’s 23rd district. Scozzafava was the Republican Party candidate. However, an insurgent...
View ArticleA Good Election Night
Hard to complain about last night. The Governor-Senator-CEO of Goldman Sachs, that State within a State, lost in New Jersey. Obama’s man lost in Virginia. The splittists lost in New York. All together,...
View ArticleNeocons and Theocons
My new friend Michael recently blogged about “The Ideological Evolution of the Republican Party,” in a post that echoced my own (2005) post, “The Neocon / Theocon Axis: Winning and Losing.” Michael...
View ArticleObama’s Brinkmanship
Standard & Poors downgraded U.S. debt today because of President Obama’s brinkmanship during the debt ceiling negotiations. President Obama publicly threatened not to pay U.S. debtholders unless...
View ArticleChuck Grassley v. Civil Society
Senator Charles Grassley’s attack on civil society is sickening. Conservatives should be skeptical of government power, and instead prefer to use voluntary associations whenever possible. Instead,...
View ArticleAdoration of the Lord
This post has three parts. In the first, “The Lord,” I discuss the human impulse to worship. In the second, “The State,” I discuss the role of government. In the third, “The Election,” I discuss these...
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Impressions of “The Devil’s Bargain” by Joshua Green and “Hacks” by Donna...
I recently read two books focusing on adjunct figures to the 2016 election: The Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency about Trump’s third campaign manager, and...
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