Politics

  • Stick on the Other Foot

    I am not a violent man, but there is little that warms my heart more than to see common people in dress shirts beating riot-geared government troops with sticks. It is good to see power retreat. Healthy, like crocuses bursting from dusty leaves, to see turnover here and again.

  • The Problem With Limbaugh

    Drudge is making hay about Saturday Night Live’s skit about a puking, drug-addicted Rush Limbaugh. A few things for context:

  • A List of the Missing Is Not Enough

    One day at a time, they pass. And the list of missing of Srebrenica and other victims of the Bosnian War is still not a list of the dead. Thank God for those who still bother to count.

  • Upon the Defeat of John Kerry

    I have isolated myself today. I stayed home from work and cried as John Edwards and John Kerry conceded defeat. I am stunned and hurt. I am curious about these millions who voted for Bush. I am in the minority. That surprises me. I believe that our president has led a war of folly, has…

  • Nixon on Reagan

    Here’s a second take on recently-unearthed text from Nixon and Haldeman on the still-living Ronald Reagan. -DXO December 11, 2003 Tapes Show Nixon Was No Reagan Fan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 10 — President Richard M. Nixon was unimpressed by Ronald Reagan, a fellow California Republican, whom he called "strange" and…