Mike Lukovich: And I’ll note that the good Dr. Pierce still has his fastball: Have you noticed? There’s a new thing that progressives should not do, because it will scare the horses and frighten the children, and harsh the holy mellows of the various tent-show evangelicals currently at work in Republican politics. It is called …
I know Betty Covered This Earlier, But…
I identify as an atheist these days, but to be clear, I’m a Jewish one. By that I mean that the religious education I received and the ongoing value I find in some ritual and more reading and thinking about the tradition to which I’m heir inform a lot of the way I try to …
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A Shuttered Past
I think we need some antidote to the depths of derp we’ve seen (and on this blog picked over with all the horror that follows a good look at last night’s supper this morning) coming from the Syrians Are Coming brigade of bed-wetters. So, instead, let’s take a look at someone who used their media smarts for good …
If The Phone Don’t Ring…
Hey everyone! I’ve got a message for you: Pick up the damn phone. The backstory: I heard last night from a valued reader with connections to the Hill reminded me that there is more this crowd can do than point, sigh, and mock the GOP pants-wetters (abetted by an increasing number of feckless Dems) who …
The Arc Of The Universe…
…Caught in the act of bending. Here’s the sequence: On Tuesday, November 10, Utah juvenile court judge Scott N. Johansen ordered that teh Utah Division of Child and Family Services remove a nine-month old baby girl from a married lesbian couple who had fostered the child since August, writing that “it is not in the best interest of …
For Good Times in Brookline And Cambridge
A few events tomorrow and Friday for your infotainment pleasure. First, I’ll be doing a reading/book talk on The Hunt for Vulcan at Brookline Booksmith, a fine indy bookstore in scenic Coolidge Corner. (279 Harvard St., to be precise). That would be tomorrow, Thursday November 12 at 7 p.m. Books to be signed, of course. I …
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Today’s Episode Of “Stick A Fork In Him, He’s Done”
Via Martin Longman writing at Washington Monthly, this by Michael Bender and Ben Brody over at Bloomberg: In Alabama, one of the Bush campaign’s top targets in March, Bush has endorsements from a member of Congress, a handful of state legislators and statewide officials. Yet, in contrast with Donald Trump or Marco Rubio, Bush wasn’t able to …
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