Month: December 2015

Casual Observation

I have to say that the news out of San Bernadino is about the worst possible for pious American Muslims who go to work everyday, get along with their co-workers, and don’t cause any problems of any kind. It’s not...

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Is it Almost 1972, Again?

In March 1974, The Atlantic published a lengthy essay by David Broder who was then at the height of his reportorial powers. The topic was the status of the Democratic Party and its prospects for success in the upcoming midterms...

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Political Geology

Sometime soon, I am going to delve into an issue over which Ed Kilgore and I disagreed. There are two schools of thought about the American electorate. One, which Ed subscribes to, is that the country is rigidly polarized and...

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Why Don’t We Have Favorite Sons Anymore?

The primary and caucus system that we use to nominate presidential candidates is always evolving and the present forms are relatively new even in the broadest view, so it’s never a clean thing to compare today’s...

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