Month: February 2013

David Brooks is a Fraud

David Brooks should never, ever, consent to be questioned by Ezra Klein again. Holy mother of Jesus did he make a jackass out of himself. And Ezra is so polite and well-mannered; it could have gone much worse if he’d...

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Let’s Not Pretend that Bush Won in 2000

Michael Gerson acts like President Bush won the 2000 election. It may be a permissible error if you are talking horseshoes and hand grenades, but he’s trying to use Bush’s campaign as some kind of template for GOP...

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Why Do We Need to Be Doing This?

There seems to be a growing collective freakout over the Obama administration’s targeted killing and drone program that exists only on the left. That doesn’t mean that no one on the right gives a rat’s ass, but...

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Can Hillary Kill the Modern GOP?

As you know, in 2008, I made a commitment to the candidacy of Barack Obama after he won the Iowa Caucuses. If John Edwards had won the Iowa Caucuses, I would have thrown my limited weight behind him, albeit with significantly...

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