Month: October 2014

A Little Night Music: Francois Hardy

Rough translation: Your best friend often comes to see me Your best friend telephones me every night He says he loves me, without me his life would not be worth the pain: that’s what he says. Your best friend, when I asked...

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It Can’t Be This Bad

Well, if Ruth Marcus thinks that Jeb Bush should run for president because “It would be good for Bush’s party and good for the country,” then, by all means, Jeb Bush should run for president. All I can say is that...

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Tea Leaves Look Bad for Bruce Braley

Molly Ball has been documenting the atrocities experienced by the Democrats in Iowa for the Atlantic, and she’s produced some compelling reporting. Despite this, the polling out of Iowa has shown one one-point spread after...

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I Am Not the Pope

Pope Francis says that the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are accurate and not inconsistent with Catholic doctrine. The Republican Party collectively shrugs and says, “We are not the pope.” So it goes. We...

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