I can’t tell whether this Onion article was a prediction or is just a recent satire: “My fellow Americans,” Bush said, “at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to … Continue reading →

According to this essay in conservative journal, The National Revew, “If everyone were in control of his appetites, there would be no need for the government to be involved in endorsing some sexual relationships while withholding endorsement from others.” in … Continue reading →

So, Pastor Ted… Is he: someone who believe what he preaches? someone who does not believe what he preaches but believes that the world is better if his flock believes it? a complete con man? My Cynical Caesars Theory would … Continue reading →

For the last four years, those of us on the left who saw this coming – and saw a hundred other issues coming, from abrogation of the wall between church and state to the ballooning deficit – we have spent … Continue reading →

Scott Adams makes an excellent case for why voting machines should be hackable; Statistically speaking, any hacker who is skilled enough to rig the elections will also be smart enough to select politicians that believe in . . . oh, … Continue reading →

I don’t get to read David Brooks any more since TimesSelect made him premium content. I have to content myself with reading the letters to Mr Brooks. Like this one. In “The Era of What’s Next” (column, Oct. 26), David … Continue reading →

Just read George Will’s review of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” in the New York Times. I don’t know why I take so much comfort from Conservatives Who Make Sense (Brooks, Sullivan and Will foremost among them). Perhaps it … Continue reading →

Looks like Kos has joined my bandwagon calling for the democrats to go down, not left. Actually, he goes further and says that the dems are already there. For too long, Republicans promised smaller government and less intrusion in people’s … Continue reading →

‘Stay the course’ means keep doing what you’re doing. My attitude is, don’t do what you’re doing if it’s not working — change. ‘Stay the course’ also means don’t leave before the job is done.” [George Bush in the New … Continue reading →

I have a long-standing theory that most of the Great Men who stand for Great Causes don’t actually believe in their great cause per se – rather they give the appearance of belief because it is convenient to do so. … Continue reading →