Ragged Clown

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing…


Monthly Archives: February 2008

Feb
29
2008

Political Disaster

I read all the way to the end of that article. Still, there’s probably no better illustration of the Obama camp’s Hamiltonian sensibility than the debate over the war. Former Clinton officials like Lake, Rice, and Danzig all opposed the … Continue reading

Feb
29
2008

The Audacity of Data

A nice antidote, in The National Review, to the Obama is all speech and no policies people. Despite Obama’s reputation for grandiose rhetoric and utopian hope-mongering, the Obamanauts aren’t radicals–far from it. They’re pragmatists–people who, when an existing paradigm clashes … Continue reading

Feb
29
2008

Halfway there

[out of sequence due to negative reality inversions] Was gonna stop for the night but since it was such a beautiful day, I decided I just needed an hour’s kip at the Weed Rest Area (there was a rest area … Continue reading

Feb
25
2008

Why God is a Liberal

   People often condemn others on partial information. Indeed, necessity sometimes demands hasty judgment. We frequently don’t have enough time to know the whole story. A short story called “The Last Judgment” by the Czech author Karel Capek best captures … Continue reading