Month: August 2009

The Tyranny of the Tantrum

As the parent of a small child — who is apparently entering the “terrible twos” a few months early — I tend to put things in that context sometimes. What we’re seeing from the health care town halls, what...

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Rep. Peter King is a Terrible Person

Roughly one hundred people have died in U.S. custody since September 11, 2001. But Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has the temerity to say this: “You’re talking about threatening to kill a guy, threatening to attack his...

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U.S. West: Open Discussion

Utah: The Club for Growth is going after Senator Bob Bennett. Colorado: It looks like former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton will take on Sen. Michael Bennet. California: Meg Whitman is afraid to debate. What’s up out...

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What Me Worry?

What Glenn said: To those blithely dismissing all of this as things that don’t seem particularly bothersome, I’d say two things: (1) The fact that we are not really bothered any more by taking helpless detainees in...

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