Month: January 2016

I can’t improve on Ryan Lizza’s explanation of what’s wrong with Ted Cruz’s mailer to Iowa voters. All I can say is that I’ve been familiar with this general tactic for about six years. I learned...

With the looming retirement of Freedom Caucus wingnut Cynthia Lummis, the reliably Republican at-large Wyoming congressional seat is wide open, and there will be about eight candidates vying for it–among them, Liz Cheney,...

Looking through the final Des Moines Register polling numbers, I’m struck first of all by how stunningly unsuccessful Jeb Bush has been in winning support. He’s polling at 2%, which means that one out of every fifty...

I’m most interested to see if my theory was right that Ted Cruz would pay a fatal price for being hated by everyone. No matter how unpopular the Republican Establishment is, they still have a lot of influence. And it...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the towered Victorian painting.  I am using the photo seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on an 8×8 inch canvas. When...