Month: April 2013

George W. Bush is getting ready to open his library on Mission Accomplished Day, so he’s beginning to talk to the press a little bit. I’ve enjoyed his silence since he left office. I think he should stay silent....

I spoke earlier about how fear is keeping Congress from allowing President Obama to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay. This is the consequence of that fear. It’s a credit to our country that a detainee can get himself...

John Merrow really takes Michelle Rhee to the woodshed. I don’t spend much time thinking about education policy, but it seems like I’ve been missing out on quite a scandal. I suspect that Atlanta and DC are just the...

I like this piece from Jim Wright which I came to through Jay Ackroyd. It’s a worthy rant, and it’s on a topic I keep coming back to over and over. Fear. Fear and its role in politics is the key that unlocks the...

Ironically, the golf snitch who narced out Pagraig Harrington in 2011 wound up saving Tiger Wood’s ass at this year’s Masters. Back in 2011, while playing the seventh hole at the Abu Dhabi Championship, Harrington...