Tony Greco

No, I didn’t watch the Republican debate last night, so I’m not going to talk about that.   Here is a pretty good short discussion by Josh Marshall, if you’re interested. I thought, instead, that I would devote this post to ...

David Brooks is dismayed that the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are nihilistic, demagogic assholes. (I’m paraphrasing, obviously.) Not only would the nomination of one or the other be a disaster for the GOP, but “Very few ...

A letter-writer today reproached Peter Wehner, the NY Times’ occasional Republican op-ed columnist, for saying that, while he could never vote for Donald Trump for president, neither could he stand to vote for Hillary Clinton. So, faced with that choice, ...

I’m not going to comment on President Obama’s State of the Union address except to say that I thought it was a very fine speech. I just want to make one small observation.  Did you watch Speaker Paul Ryan during ...

I seldom do a post that is little more than a reading recommendation with a link. And I seldom have a lot of good things to say about David Brooks. But I do believe in giving credit where credit is ...

Happy New Year! It occurred to me recently that I haven’t come out and said in this blog who I favor for the Democratic presidential nomination. Most readers won’t be surprised to hear that I’m for Bernie Sanders. I support ...

Recently the state of Alabama shut down 31 offices that provide driver’s licenses— documents required in order to cast a vote. When Hillary Clinton criticized this move as an attempt to restrict access to the voting booth, Senator Ted Cruz ...

I had vowed not to watch last night’s GOP debate. There was no chance it would be in any way illuminating, only a painful waste of time. But the temptation was too strong—maybe some kind of masochistic impulse—and I watched…for ...