Month: January 2016

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

After about forty minutes last night, I felt too physically ill to watch any more of the Republican debate. Those people have that effect on me. So, I turned on Netflix and started watching episodes of Inside the American Mob. I...

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The Mixed Legacy of Ronald Reagan

Jacob Heilbrunn has a review in the January/February issue of our magazine of a new biography of Ronald Reagan authored by Jacob Weisberg. Heilbrunn has three main observations about the book and our 40th president. First, if...

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GOP Debate Live Blogging

I’d promise to live-blog the GOP debate tonight but, honestly, I’ll probably watch five or six minutes, feel physically ill, and see what’s on Netflix.

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Will the Real Marco Rubio Please Stand Up?

Something that people either don’t know or tend to forget is that Marco Rubio endorsed Mike Huckabee during the 2008 cycle. “For those of us who consider ourselves to be Reagan conservatives, Mike Huckabee is our best...

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