John and Cindy's 2000 Vote: The Matter Of The Children
There was an interesting moment in Thursday’s interview with Cindy McCain on the TODAY Show, especially in light of the intense buzz surrounding whether the McCains actually voted for Bush in 2000....
View ArticleBury Us Not On The Lone Prairie
Equally recognized for his theatrics, his blind fiscal conservatism and his presidential ambitions, last week Governor Mark Sanford galloped onto the national stage by threatening to reject $2.8...
View ArticleBen From Main Street
As the White House and Congress turn A.I.G. into a “Great Recession” piñata up the heat on A.I.G., people are running every which way to avoid the taint of Wall Street. A brilliant example is this...
View ArticleThe Sanford Trainwreck: All The Dish That Fits to Print, Post, Blog, Whatever…
If the divorce story has political relevance to Mark Sanford’s character, the pictures — of the couple going through the motions one last time at the Governor’s Christmas Open House before Jenny moved...
View ArticleMr. Palmetto Head
Not sure you saw our two Tumblr posts on how hard it is to get a good pic of Romney — this and this by Jim Wilson who seems to be managing it. I’m not sure if it’s out of frustration, boredom (because...
View Article$how Me the Omney
Witnessing Romney suddenly go “dear deer in the headlights” again last night on the subject of his personal wealth — this time addressing the question in the S. Carolina debate about when he would...
View ArticleShould We Stay or Should We Go?
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley comforts her son at a ceremony for her husband’s National Guard unit, which is deploying to Afghanistan. For those tracking GOP positions on whether or not to leave...
View ArticleCharleston: For My Soul Is Full of Troubles
Our collective resistance to addressing the scourge of gun violence in the US is pathological. Waking up this morning to news coming out of Charleston, South Carolina, where, again, a lone shooter...
View ArticleWhat Lesson Suspending Kids for Wearing Confederate Flag?
In a town called Christiansburg, Virginia, a group of teenagers got in trouble this week for wearing Confederate flag clothing to school. School discipline pops up in the news every now and then, so...
View ArticleSanders on the *One Hand* and Cruz on *the Other*
Looking through the wire photos, I was surprised to see so many variations of this hand gesture (both by Sanders himself, and by audience members) at his rallies. My sense, though, is that the...
View ArticleMr. Palmetto Head
Not sure you saw our two Tumblr posts on how hard it is to get a good pic of Romney — this and this by Jim Wilson who seems to be managing it. I’m not sure if it’s out of frustration, boredom (because...
View Article$how Me the Omney
Witnessing Romney suddenly go “dear deer in the headlights” again last night on the subject of his personal wealth — this time addressing the question in the S. Carolina debate about when he would...
View ArticleShould We Stay or Should We Go?
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley comforts her son at a ceremony for her husband’s National Guard unit, which is deploying to Afghanistan. For those tracking GOP positions on whether or not to leave...
View ArticleCharleston: For My Soul Is Full of Troubles
Our collective resistance to addressing the scourge of gun violence in the US is pathological. Waking up this morning to news coming out of Charleston, South Carolina, where, again, a lone shooter...
View ArticleWhat Lesson Suspending Kids for Wearing Confederate Flag?
In a town called Christiansburg, Virginia, a group of teenagers got in trouble this week for wearing Confederate flag clothing to school. School discipline pops up in the news every now and then, so...
View ArticleSanders on the *One Hand* and Cruz on *the Other*
Looking through the wire photos, I was surprised to see so many variations of this hand gesture (both by Sanders himself, and by audience members) at his rallies. My sense, though, is that the...
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