Month: April 2011

GOP’s Lame Field of Candidates

The theme for today appears to be that the Republican field of presidential candidates is lame. The party really is bereft of leadership. It lacks any true statesmen. They don’t even have anybody on the sidelines to come...

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Forget Mittens, It’s Curtains in Nevada

Far be it from me to pretend to understand the mentality of the typical Republican base-voter, but even if Mormons make up 25% of the Nevadan GOP caucus vote, that’s still not enough to carry the day for Mitt Romney....

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Barking Up the Wrong Tree…Again

I note that the usual suspects in the progressive blogosphere are wailing and gnashing their teeth at the news that Obama will announce a deficit reduction plan on Wednesday, as if he could face reelection without having made an...

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Can Anyone Write a Column Anymore?

I’m beginning to wonder if the editors at the New York Times and the Washington Post ever bother to do more than spellcheck their columnists’ work. I continue to see columns published in both newspapers that lack any...

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It’s Alright Dowd, He’s Only Bleeding

It would be hard to be a less-qualified critic of Bob Dylan than Maureen Dowd. She’s within her rights to criticize Dylan for appearing in China and agreeing to have his set-list pre-approved, but she goes far beyond that...

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