Author: Geov Parrish

Obama and the Republican Clergy

I think Andrew Sullivan is right when he follows on Mike Lofgren’s essay by again directly pegging modern Republicanism as a religious movement, and considers what that means: …this political deadlock conceals a...

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A Grateful Nation Remembers

I’m a little late to the party on this – it took me a while to stomach looking through it – but I couldn’t help but notice that in Sunday’s print edition of the NYT, the special section...

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The Iron Fist

For the last decade – ever since George W. Bush’s stated intent to focus on Latin America in foreign affairs was undone by a certain series of hijackings – Central and South American countries have generally...

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This is an Experiment

BooMan has graciously invited me – again – to post here at the Frog Pond. For reasons both relating to BT (particularly Steven D’s pulling back) and my own situation, it seems like a good time to take him up on...

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