Dear Mr. Buffet, Mr. Gates, Mr. Turner, Mr. Soros, Ms. Winfrey, and any other hyper-rich types with progressive political leanings: If this essay has, against all odds, somehow made its way to […]
You make the call
In an Ohio campaign rally today, John McCain defended his decision to “suspend” his campaign last week and fly to Washington to help broker the financial bail-out deal. “I know that many […]
Here's Hoping—Review: McCain's Promise by David Foster Wallace
When David Foster Wallace climbed aboard John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” media caravan in the early days of the 2000 presidential primary season, he hoped to understand why McCain generated so much […]
Echoes of Future Past
Does anyone else look at these two photos from the RNC and worry, as I do, about demagoguery? What if I add the word “Heil”?
Obama reaches out to Clinton supporters
Senator Obama has a tough job ahead of him. After a long and occasionally ugly primary battle between himself and Sen. Clinton, there’s a lot frayed edges on both sides. In fact, […]
If the Democrats lose another presidential election, this time it won't be their fault
 Low-information voter indeed. In the previous two presidential election campaigns, Al Gore and John Kerry, starched at the collar to begin with, ran campaigns prudent to the point of pussyfooting. Both Democrats […]
John and Elizabeth Edwards agree: Getting us out of Iraq can end the recession
By Martin Bosworth After the sad event that was John Edwards ending his run for president, I wondered what he would do with himself next. While Clinton and Obama furiously courted him […]
Go home, King Ralph, and take your army of whiners with you
By Martin Bosworth So by now you’ve probably heard that Ralph Nader is once again making a third run for the presidency. It pains me to have to say it, but Nader […]
Nader reaction defines difference between Obama, Clinton
Here’s an illustrative difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. These were their reactions to Ralph Nader’s announcement of another quixotic—though potentially impacting—run for the White House: Obama: “I think the job […]
Viva Obama
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