Month: February 2014

Real History

Probably about a decade ago, I took a tour of Christ Church on 2nd Street in the Old City section of Philadelphia. It was once the tallest structure in America, and it served as a place of worship to fifteen signatories to the...

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Odds & Ends

What happened to Miles O’Brien is so flukey that it kind of freaks me out. The next time I drop something heavy on my forearm, I’m definitely going to overreact. I feel really sorry for him, but I guess he’s...

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Casual Observation

The difference between how Dana Milbank interpreted the oral arguments before the Supreme Court on greenhouse emissions and the way pretty much everyone else interpreted them is enough to give you whiplash. Maybe Dana’s...

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Looking Back at Reagan

If someone wanted to, they could make an amusing video montage of the 2012 Republican presidential aspirants using the words “Ronald Reagan” incessantly in each of their thirty billion debates. Once Reagan left...

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Curtis Gans Says the Dems Can Win in November

Curtis Gans has a major article up at the Washington Monthly (for which, I did a little editing) that predicts that the Democrats could defy conventional wisdom and do much better than expected in the midterm elections. His...

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