Month: August 2013

Casual Observation

It’s strictly symbolic, but I’m glad that President Obama is putting solar panels back on the White House. Jimmy Carter was the president who first installed them. Reagan immediately took them down because he was a...

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Heat Fever Dreams

Another sign that the GOP is coming apart at the seams is their continuing discussion about how to do their debates differently in the next presidential cycle. They want many less of them. They don’t want them hosted by...

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I Don’t Envy Obama

Canceling the upcoming military exercises with Egypt seems like a prudent and necessary move in light of the ridiculous and completely evil level of violence the generals just unleashed on pro-Morsi demonstrators. It’s...

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Thinking About 2016

I think Larry Sabato’s 2016 presidential analysis is pretty solid. But it’s a little thin on detail. For example, he fails to mention that Govs. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Chris Christie of New Jersey, John Kasich of...

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Egypt’s Human Toll Rises Above 525 Killed

. Death toll rises to 525 after Egypt police storm protests CAIRO, Egypt (Hürriyet) – At least 525 people were killed in nationwide violence sparked by a crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist...

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