Mar 16,2010
Should I get a life?
Kevin Drum, on deem and pass: If you have a life, you don’t care about the subject of this post and have never heard of it. Damn it. I heard...
Mar 16,2010
Dem Whip: We don't have the votes (right now)
Did someone forget to give Jim Clyburn (D-SC) his talking points? Rewind to Sunday morning: MR. [TOM] BROKAW: Joining us now, let’s turn to two men whose job it is...
Mar 16,2010
David Brooks, drama queen?
You wouldn’t expect it from such a moderate guy, but consider this, from Meet The Press: MR. [TOM] BROKAW: Let’s begin with you, if we can, David. There are lots...
Mar 14,2010
Ulysses S. Grant, new Founding Father?
Are liberals and conservatives coming together to add President Grant to our pantheon of heroes? This morning, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz argues in the Times, Although slandered since his death,...
Mar 14,2010
Another Hugo Chavez terrorist link
From the Times: An indictment this month from one of Spain’s top judges assert[s] that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basque separatists and Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela… Judge...