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    Yeah, but his paychecks come from the Sulzbergers.  By contrast, Jeff Jacoby is a longtime conservative columnist for the Boston…
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    • Good, thoughtful piece Booman.  Thanks.  (Though James Fallows will never forgive that last line.) Sadly, based on his track record…
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    • For what it's worth, my sense during the 2008 campaign was that expanding the Afghanistan War was, among other things,…
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    • Just to elaborate:  in the late 1970s Massachusetts has the highest state and local tax burden of any state in…
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    • Just guessing here, but a couple of possible reasons: *music videos are ads:  he's selling to his (overwhelmingly white) audience;…
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    • Just to double down on this point (or, since it's Sunday morning, say "Amen"), this video is a good little…
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    • I confess I don't follow Republican party rules-making that closely, but my recollection is somewhat different. Conservatives were dismayed that…
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    • Yeah, but neither one flipped an election.  The one pick in recent history that arguably did make a difference was…
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    • Interesting analysis, Steve M., but I'm going to jump in with seabe (and with DavisXMachina and torpidbunny below). The better…
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    • While I think I agree with much of what you say here, if "religion is the opiate of the stupid…
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    • Good post, Steve M., with very solid analysis. As for why Romney is so hesitant to talk about his faith…
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    • Small comfort I know, but the country never could agree on anything.  Or at most, we've generally agreed (the Civil…
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    • Sorry to be repetitious, but as Coates has repeatedly written, the issue is not whether Rep. Paul "is a racist".…
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    • Just because Kirchik is a neocon doesn't let Paul off the hook.  Ta-Nehisi Coates brings the knowledge: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/no-one-left-to-lie-to/252123/ http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2012/01/compensation/252195/
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    • Good observation, Booman.  Not that Gingrich (or, perhaps, anybody but me) is interested, but people who read "Rules For Radicals"…
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    • Yeah, in Palmer's (weak) defense, she had decided not to run for re-election, changed her mind and got started late.…
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    • Well, as the adage goes, it's better to be lucky than good. Having said that, Obama strikes me as someone…
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    • In a word, yes.  In Jack Beatty's "Age of Betrayal", a scathing history of late 19th century America, he points…
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    • Right.  Elected in 2002.  Failed effort at rebuilding Mass. Republican Party in 2004.  Spent part of 2005 and early 2006…
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    • All true.  Except there are folks in Massachusetts who will tell you that Romney has been running for president since…
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