Month: January 2013

The filibuster deal that Jeremy Peters is reporting in the New York Times looks wholly inadequate. The one upside is that it will apparently have significant Republican support. If all the Democrats agree to the rule changes, it...

The Speaker of the House finds an acorn: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he believes the primary goal of President Obama’s second term is to “annihilate the Republican Party.” “Given what we heard yesterday about the...

Twenty-seven shootings in Philadelphia last week. And psychos on the subway. Any wonder why I’m heading for the egress?

I am not surprised that Fox News watchers were not much in the mood to watch the inaugural festivities but I am shocked that only 22% of their audience was in the 25-54 age range. I think it is safe to say that they didn’t...

It’s interesting to see the Republican Party progress through the stages of grief. We are beginning to see signs that they have arrived at the acceptance stage. Signs like this: “We’re too outnumbered to govern, to set...