Commentary - America's Future

By James Poulos • May 18,2008

Election '08: The Doom Is Not In the Details

What a bizarre article in the LA Times about the Republicans’ awkward torment: the first half is a quick survey of the disarray, confusion, and bad karma that’s plaguing the...

By James Poulos • May 17,2008

Crushing Obama

Not crushing on him: Obama has apologized to the reporter: “Second apology is for using the word ’sweetie.’ That’s a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all...

By James Poulos • May 17,2008

Trumpeting While LA Burns

Sonny’s right — dead right — that Kilmer’s Doc Holliday is one of ’90s cinema’s indelible figures. “They want revenge.” “Fer what?” “Bein’ born.” Brrr! That’s movie magic. But what...

By Sonny Bunch • May 17,2008

This Weekend's Posts Brought to You by BoltBus

I’m a strong proponent of mass-transit, taking the metro every day and the train up to New York on the rare occasion I have to visit. But Amtrak a.) sucks,...

By Sonny Bunch • May 17,2008

From the "Bad Idea" File

It seems that residents of Hill East* are tired of the crime emanating from the housing project situated in their midst. I’ve lived across the street from Potomac Gardens, the...

By James Poulos • May 17,2008

When Saying What You Mean Sounds Like It, Too

For a long time (i.e. since college) I have disliked one of the main rules of linguistics. Out of my dislike, I forgot what it’s called, but the rule states...