If you’re following America’s electoral theater at all, you know that we have a candidate with a preacher problem. And that the candidate in question has been put in the uncomfortable position […]
S&R Poll: the press and trust
The results of the latest S&R poll are in. Readers were asked “Which major press entity do you regard as the most credible source of news?” 1. Other/None of the above (70) […]
Getting us out of Iraq can get us out of recession
By Martin Bosworth The American Prospect’s Harold Meyerson has an op-ed in the Washington Post today outlining the nature of the coming recession, and how our economic response is going to have […]
Libertarianism doesn't work – but it's still useful
I’ve been searching for a reason why I like libertarians even as they drive me round-the-bend out of my mind sometimes. And on Saturday, Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post provided me […]
Romney gives non-Christians the finger
Today’s Washington Post has an editorial titled “No Freedom Without Religion?” that points out a little phrase I’d not heard about Mitt Romney’s “Kennedy” speech yesterday in Texas. Freedom requires religion, just […]
Ruth Marcus takes on Paul Krugman – and wins this round.
NYTimes commentator Paul Krugman is an economist who tackles all sorts of issues beyond just the economy, and I’ve been reading him since the early 1990s when I first discovered the New […]
The “untouchables” of Virginia
By Martin Bosworth Today’s Washington Post looks at the net result of anti-illegal immigration measures passed in Virginia’s Prince William County last week–an exodus of Latinos (both legal and illegal) from the […]
Will the Democrats sell out America on FISA spy bill vote again?
By Martin Bosworth If Ellen Nakashima’s article in yesterday’s Washington Post is to be believed, the upcoming reassessment of the new FISA law is going to be even worse than what was […]
