Month: December 2010

I wonder, what are the absolutely essential elements of any good Christmas parade? You have to have Santa, right? And I’m thinking you need some reindeer. Some red and green lights. Are elves mandatory? What else? A sleigh...

Isn’t Dick Lugar conservative enough for the Republican Party? Is it really necessary to give him a primary challenge because he’s less than 100% unhinged? Is that what things have come to?

Paul Krugman wants the president to call the Republicans’ bluff and let all the Bush tax cuts expire, essentially raising taxes on everyone who isn’t living in poverty. Krugman acknowledges that this will complicate...

. Loved by de Israelis and the right-wingnuts in the United States (read the comments), Geert Wilders made a speech in Israel and vowed peace will come to Judea and Samaria. Dutch MP Wilders and Israeli MK Eldad: Jordan is...

For a guy who goes around talking about globalization and a flat world, Tom Friedman sure seems surprised to discover that America can’t dictate outcomes the way we used to. He appears to have just learned that Arab...