Month: December 2007

By Jason Miller Thomas Paine’s Corner http://www.bestcyrano.org/THOMASPAINE/?p=515 “Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.” –Al Capone It has taken Nuremberg-class war crimes, craven...

When we look at the candidates for president, there are different ways of judging their electability. The most obvious is political talent. Fred Thompson, for example, has very little political skill. He simply doesn’t...

With the Iowa caucus coming this week, all the political pundits are busy explaining “if X wins, Y is out” and pointing to various past elections as examples of why their “wisdom” is so...

If you lived in Iowa, who would be your first and second choices? Would you show up to caucus?

No, this diary is not about Hillary’s vote to invade Iraq, or her subsequent stay-the-Bush-course rhetoric concerning our troops, nor is it about her Iran votes like the one backing the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which...