Month: March 2012

News that the 71 year-old Dick Cheney has received a heart transplant practically begs for incivility, or at least snark of all kinds. I want to use a little self-restraint. The only thing I’m willing to say publicly about...

The Etch A Sketch fiasco was especially damaging because it fed into a pre-existing narrative about Romney’s lack of core convictions, and because Romney’s Republican opponents picked it up and ran with it. But I...

Mitt Romney cost crushed in Louisiana last night, losing in every parish except Orleans. Here’s an example of why Romney did so badly: Jules Richard, 67, an accountant, used a backhanded compliment to describe his feelings...

. Lawyers: A Predator Drone’s Achilles Heel? by Brett McGurk (CFR) – Killer mechanical robots the size of flies, giant predator drones piloted from an iPhone, together with a new mode or warfare embraced by the U.S....

We just went and saw The Lorax, and I can understand why the right-wingers are up in arms about it being environmentalist propaganda. It’s basically one long advertisement against deforestation, corporatism, and greed. It...