Month: May 2014

This Is No Way to Win the Presidency

Among American political analysts, Ron Brownstein is better than average. But he can still be frustrating. When you start to write about the 2016 presidential election and respective prospects of the two major parties, you need...

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Obama Tells It Like It Is

I’m glad to that the president sees things about exactly the way I see them. At a fundraiser last night, he let loose on the Republicans and the way that the media covers Congress: “You’ll hear if you watch the nightly...

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Landon Donovan Not Going to Brazil

Head Coach Juergen Klinsmann has a lot of balls to cut Landon Donovan from the World Cup roster of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. Donovan is the greatest soccer player in American history and the sport’s...

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Not Getting It

I’m not really getting what the “watered-down” version of the House NSA bill actually does differently than the original bill. The Washington Post’s Andrea Peterson certainly didn’t clarify things...

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Crazy is an Important Variable

If you’re a Kentucky voter who is sick and tired of Mitch McConnell, I don’t think it is all that likely that you will vote for him because you are also sick and tired of Barack Obama. It’s important to keep...

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