Every author has an article or a story languishing somewhere in his computer that has not been accepted anywhere for publication. One of the great advantages of having your own blog is that you can always make sure that such ...
Read MoreI’m reprinting the following from The Hill website. No further comment by me is necessary, but I can’t help noting that Gingrich is widely regarded as the intellectual heavyweight among leading Republican politicians. Last month, on CNN’s “Crossfire,” which he co-hosts, ...
Read MoreThe New York Times’ David Brooks is a compassionate conservative. I’m not being sarcastic: in contrast to many of his brethren on the right, who are neither compassionate nor conservative but mean-spirited and reactionary, Brooks really does care about people, ...
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you’re probably tired by now of hearing and reading about Chris Christie. But if you can’t get enough of it, or if you doubt that the guy is an utter sleaze, and/or if you are interested ...
Read MoreIn my last post, I suggested that Obama-hatred and Clinton-hatred were not much different in intensity and number of adherents, but that there are other reasons to explain Clinton hatred, leaving racism as a major explanation for the right’s crazy ...
Read MoreThe foregoing assertion might seem obvious, but for a long time I had some doubts. Certainly, the frothing, irrational hatred of Obama that is so widespread on the right in this country demands an explanation, and racism is the most ...
Read MoreSince I ended my last post with a reproach for Hillary Clinton, it is only fair that I pass on the news—which doesn’t seem to have gotten a lot of attention– that she has in fact come out against threatening ...
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