Month: July 2014

Douthat is Right That They Should Try

Steve M. is basically correct that the GOP is a party that represents the rich and the people who like to root for the rich, but he’s missing something when he says that white working class voters see people who are using...

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Maybe He’s Smarter Than You

In answer to Nathan Robinson’s complaint that Senator Ted Cruz isn’t really that smart, I think the point is that he is a first-rate demagogue. When people admit that Cruz is highly intelligent, they do not mean that...

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Into the Wayback Machine

Okay, after a long, mostly relaxing weekend heavy with travel, I am back in my command post. I have many things to read and do, so for starters let me send you into the Wayback Machine. Last night’s episode of Masters of...

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Packing Heat in the Brothers’ ‘Hood

by Walter Brasch A group of white gun-rights advocates plan to sling rifles, shotguns, and semi-automatic assault weapons onto their bodies, and walk through a Black neighborhood in Houston. What could possibly go wrong with...

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