Year: 2016

Michael Gerson’s Party? It Dead

I’m not going to burden you with a treatise on Edmund Burke on a Friday afternoon. If people want to call him the “father of conservatism,” I’m willing to let that ride. I do get annoyed, however, when...

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Donald Trump and the Other Wall

Maybe you’ve seen Pink Floyd’s movie, The Wall, or at least heard the song In the Flesh where a Hitleresque man addresses a rally of fawning, seething fanatics. Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Get them...

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Wanker of the Day: Mike Huckabee

It takes a scam-artist to know a scam-artist: An angry Mike Huckabee lashed out at evangelical Christians who declined to back his struggling presidential campaign. The former Arkansas governor and conservative commentator spoke...

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The Working Families Party is Pretty Effective

It’s good to see Molly Ball taking a deep dive into the Working Families Party. As a veteran of ACORN, I have a natural affinity for the folks who run the organization and I’m always trying to keep one eye on what...

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