Month: April 2014

How the Right Stopped Believing in Democracy

With the sole (glaring) exception of their success in making abortions inconvenient, the conservative movement is clearly losing the culture war, and losing it badly. So, we should expect to hear more and more talk about how the...

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Would You Place These Bets?

Al Hunt talked to some (mostly unspecified) “political wise men” and came up with the following odds on the 2016 Republican nominee for president: Jeb Bush 4:1 Scott Walker 6:1 Mike Huckabee 7:1 Rand Paul 8:1 Chris...

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We Need a Word For This

Okay, we need a word in the English language that describes the frustration you feel when the cup of coffee you bought at the rest stop refuses to cool down. You keep scalding your lips on the steam and burn the tip of your...

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I Hope That Sebelius Runs for Senate

I don’t know if Kathleen Sebelius will run for U.S. Senate against Pat Roberts or not, but I hope that she does. Most people probably think it’s a crazy idea. A Democrat hasn’t represented Kansas in the Senate...

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Something For Your Amusement

The juxtaposition made me laugh out loud. They should add Podhoretz to the dictionary with a definition of “wrong.” What a buffoon that man is.

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