Bush and his friend, Harvey.

MSNBC analyst Chuck Todd tells us why John McCain can get away with routine demonstrations of abject ignorance, like his recent proclamation that Iran is supporting al-Qaeda in Iraq:
Even if he gets dinged on the experience stuff, “Oh, he says he’s Mr. Experience. Doesn’t he know the difference between this stuff?” He’s got enough of […]

What a difference a week makes, especially when it comes to the rollercoaster American economy. No where is the impact of looming recession and the near-meltdown on Wall Street clearer than on the White House web site. Just days ago, the site boasted about President Bush’s glorious stewardship of the U.S. economy. Now, the White […]

This speech is so great it surpasses King’s “I have a dream” (Chris Matthews), It’s an unprecedented masterpiece, a breakthrough!! No one has ever talked this way about race before in America. It will be read and studied for generations to come….
No, really, stop you have to read some of it right now:
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Barack Obama’s speech is already being lauded as a major speech on race in America. It was not. It was a campaign speech - a very good one, but with a select agenda, which is not the curing of America’s racial tensions, but getting Barack Obama elected President.
Although his presentation of the differing […]

Former Dkos diarist Alegre, now at mydd.com has an excellent post this morning laying out Hillary Clinton’s impressive record on Northern Ireland. While many have insisted that Mrs. Clinton did nothing but attend “tea parties” I hope that this article will put that lie to rest. (if only)

At any rate, Happy Patrick’s Day […]

While on his “non-political” visit to Europe this week, Sen. John McCain happened to have a fundraiser with a bunch of ex-pats in Britain hosted by none other than Lord Rothschhild of the House of Rothschild
Poor John McCain, now he’s going to lose the kooky, survivalist wing of the Republican party […]

Some mornings it is really a challenge to know which issue, or news story merits front page attention on this blog.
There are just so many and they’re all so awful. Just spending a few hours each morning digesting the latest is quite enough to sink one’s entire day into a melancholic stupor.
The surest way to […]

Walter Williams and Bryan Jones, from the University of Washington have just published a new book called The Politics of Bad Ideas.
Today they have an op-ed in the Seattle Post Intelligencer on the genesis of the new “economic stimulus” plan that is an excellent distillation of the ways which ideology and sheer pig-headedness […]

Admiral Fallon resigned his post as head of CentCom this afternoon, though the European Press seems pretty clear that he was pushed out.

A voice on the tee vee says that Defense Secretary Gates gave Admiral Fallon the message - that he should resign - by refusing to take his phone calls. Refusing to take […]