By • May 08,2008

Vito Fossella (Updated)

I’ll second David’s chagrin at seeing Vito Fossella collapse under a baby-daddy scandal hot on the heels of a DWI scandal. Though I never worked for the man worked in...

By • May 08,2008

Vito's Problems and Ours

Another doomed Republican, another sexual surplus and moral deficit: Rep. Vito Fossella of New York acknowledged on Thursday that he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, answering questions that...

By • May 08,2008

John Yoo in…Esquire?

There’s a very interesting profile of John Yoo in this month’s Esquire, which arrived in my mailbox yesterday. (Yes I subscribe. And I love it.) The story isn’t online yet,...

By • May 08,2008

Liberal Elitism

Hot on the trail of this amusing piece by Jeff Greenfield at Slate on George Orwell and liberal elitism, we have the New York Times trekking out to the ‘burbs...

By • May 08,2008

Patience, Young Jindal

Now obviously the powers of the Vice Presidency have increased considerably during the last two administrations, and just as obviously being veep in a McCain presidency is a special case,...