Month: October 2013

They Waddled Into the Threshing Blades

Jonathan Cohn highlights two quotes. The first is from Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who recounted his recent conversation with the president at the White House. Graham says at one point he told Obama that he can’t...

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Casual Observation

Wow. The stuff Rush Limbaugh is telling his audience is something to behold. I normally only notice Limbaugh when he says something extremely provocative, so I don’t encounter his political “analysis” very...

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Why Face-Saving Won’t Work

I like Charlie Cook and I think he’s an excellent analyst, but he does sometimes exhibit some blind spots that I attribute to being too much of a creature of Washington DC. It’s not his fault; I find that I begin to...

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Cowering Delusional Fools

According to Jonathan Strong at National Review, Republicans are beefing up security at their district offices because federal workers are going to miss their paychecks today. He also says that Republican lawmakers are spooked...

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Friday Foto Flog

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. This Month’s Theme: Fall “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is...

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