I started reading The Economist as few years ago so I could find out what the other side had to say. One year I got a free subscription when I donated to KQED and since then, cheapskate that I am … Continue reading →

Does someone need to call “Godwin” on George WIll? The political left always aims to expand the permeation of economic life by politics. Today, the efficient means to that end is government control of capital. So, is not McCain’s party … Continue reading →

According to JR Dunn, there is a rift amond the pubbies The selection of Sarah Palin as Republican vice-presidential candidate has revealed a serious chasm in conservatism, a chasm separating conservative elites – opinion leaders, pundits, spokesmen — from the … Continue reading →

Interesting idea from Iglesias Most notable, to me, is that the economists rate “wars and homeland security” as one of Obama’s strongest issues, whereas the conventional wisdom and the bulk of the public sees this as McCain’s strong suit. It’s … Continue reading →

The New Republic has an article by Bruce Bartlett on The rise of the Obamacons The New Yorker is hardly the optimal vehicle for reaching the conservative intelligentsia. But, last year, Barack Obama cooperated with a profile for that magazine … Continue reading →

The dude who didn’t really introduce Mac…. (laughter) Alaska in the house! (Cheers) Where the baby daddy at? Where he at? (crowd noise) You knocked her up, man? That’s cool. That’s cool. (silence) You know that word ‘abstinence’—you know that … Continue reading →

David Brooks likes to throw in the occasional criticism of the Republican Party so that he does not lose his honorary title – Every Liberal’s Favourite Conservative. But every time he criticizes the Pubbies, he likes to throw in a … Continue reading →

I have been reading way too much politics recently but I have been making a special effort to read people that I would not normally agree with. It makes it all the more affirming when I do find something that … Continue reading →

Jon Stewart was at his very best this week. The McCain bio was a bit more vicious than the Obama one though.