Monthly Archives: January 2012

Today, in incredibly frustrating false equivalencies: Here’s an uninhibited insult that the professional “life” and “choice” agitators can listen to for free: If these groups cared as much about the issue as they claim, and didn’t have such strong financial … Continue reading →

No Children – The Mountain Goats I’m puzzled by the ‘new’ Gingrich allegations. Okay, I tell a small lie. I’m not really puzzled—more irritated. We already knew that Gingrich had a long-running affair with a staffer, who he eventually married … Continue reading →

Nothing Happens; Twice – Celestial I don’t always predict well (as Senator Coakley of Massachusetts and Nominee Pawlenty can confirm), but I do a pretty good job predicting Republican primaries. I insisted in 2007 that John McCain (even when he … Continue reading →

Sunny Day (Sesame Street theme) – Reid Jamieson It’s a strange thing: when I’m walking around, the tune that’s most likely to be playing in my head (out of all the tens of thousands of songs I listen to) is … Continue reading →

So Haley Barbour issued some pardons, and it’s about the absolute worst news possible for people (like me) who think the pardon power should be used substantially more. Who did Barbour pardon?  Well “a number of the recipients were part … Continue reading →

Seventeen – Youth Lagoon Jonathan Bernstein writes a very good post on the reasons to not completely write off Santorum.  As well as the reasons TO write him off. But the single item which is missing from that post is … Continue reading →