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ode to the nutroots
I don't believe it's the way you were raised
or the cards you were dealt
or a poor self-image
I think you love yourself
too much... [read more]
nocturne
I find myself in an arena, filled with people of every description. (Except that most all are white.) The air hangs thick with a self-righteous smugness, which to my surprise has a distinct odor: sharp, and rather like that of vegan cheese left long in the sun. [read more]
portents
Sometime in the early 1990s a friend of mine suffered a freak accident. While at dinner with friends, he choked on some food, and for whatever reason, it could not be dislodged. The shock triggered a heart attack. In the... [read more]
what he said
Manolo shouts, work it, sister! Like many InstaPundit readers yesterday, I followed the link to Dr. Rice Enters the Matrix. But then I searched newsites looking for images that weren't scanned from the print edition of the WaPo. With mixed... [read more]
legal kill, redux
National Review: “Dead Reckoning” (1998) A quarter-century has passed since the Supreme Court struck down the laws of every state in the nation, in the name of a constitutional right to abortion it had just discovered. In Roe v. Wade,... [read more]
in defense of Rummy
Andrew Sullivan managed to wrench himself away from his bimonthly vacation long enough to stage an attempted fisking of Hanson. The link is here: but not like there’s much need to follow it. Just imagine a battle of wits between Maureen Dowd and William F. Buckley, Jr., with Sully in the role of elderly schoolgirl. [read more]
she's the one
A few thoughts on the Cabinet turnovers. Last week Roger Simon wrote a heartfelt tribute to a man who, just a few years ago, he regarded as an ideological opposite: John Ashcroft. I admire the outgoing AG as well, even... [read more]
a simple plan
This year, for every foretelling of Democratic doom (a genre to which I am a proud contributor), there has been a corresponding prediction of a Republican breakup. If nothing else this election has decided which side has the better prophets, at least for the short term. [read more]
a star is born (redux)
One of the very first posts here on andúnië.net was about Bobby Jindal, then running for governor of Louisiana. He lost that election, but this week won a seat in the US House of Representatives, with an astonishing 78% of... [read more]
nous sommes tous Jacksoniens
The hell with it. Here's my victory post: “I'm George W. Bush, and I approved this message.” Congratulations, Mr. President. MORE, via Orrin Judd: One of America's leading conservative intellectuals, Professor Francis Fukuyama, said Mr Bush's victory foreshadowed an increasingly... [read more]
election liveblogging
3:15 am EST. Uhm. 99% of precincts have reported in NM. Bush leads by five points. So why hasn't anyone called it, already? (I know, Fox does not want to be the first to formally announce Bush's reelection, but…) 2:18... [read more]
goodbye, and good riddance
The Johns, back in the halcyon days of summer. Gerard Van der Leun wrote this back in September, but methinks that the final truth is settling in on the faithful only now: The single and only internal reason that... [read more]
afternoon cheer
Just in case you're frantically clicking around the web for news (and who isn't this afternoon?) here's two pieces of interest. First: Kerry's chief pollster throws in the towel. For months, though, I’ve been assessing President Bush’s vulnerability, but win... [read more]
W.
He looks (a little) less exhausted than me, and I'm not the one who did seven rallies in six states in nineteen hours. Godspeed, Mr. President. [read more]
divine wind
The summary: Senator Kerry cannot garner over 50% of the popular vote; President Bush can, and almost certainly will. More importantly, Kerry cannot reasonably hope to hit the 300 EV mark, whereas the President can, along any of a number... [read more]
bipartisan interlude
Or, prominent Democrats who I actually like—in many instances, despite their social liberalism. The only order in what follows is alphabetical. [read more]
St. Jimmy (redux)
In this exchange, Carter reveals an attitude disturbingly common within today's Democratic Party—a deep distrust of American power, coupled with a willingness to compromise American sovereignty. [read more]
an antidote (bump)
It isn't the politics these troops espouse that is at issue; it's the pastry-addled rat bastard and enemy collaborator who is undermining their morale with the most insidious work of utter mendacity since the heyday of Leni Riefenstahl. [read more]
snapshots
I. [Andrew] Thomson, who spent two years pulling bodies out of mass graves in Rwanda and the Bosnian town of Srebrenica — corpses of people who had sought safety with the U.N. — concludes: “If blue-helmeted U.N. peacekeepers show up... [read more]
running the numbers
The material quoted in this post is wonkish, but it comess from Michael Barone and so is well worth the effort. (Via InstaPundit.) I have a theory—I can't prove it; it's just a theory—that in these polarizing times there are... [read more]
libertarian cranks
In the American context, libertarianism remains in the largest part a thought experiment for college sophomores of all ages. (Richard John Neuhaus) [read more]
trick or treat
An unidentified volunteer hands out pill boxes with the Kerry-Edwards logo on them before a rally for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at the Century Village retirement community in West Palm Beach, Fla. Note also:... [read more]
high noon
If—and I do stress if—this is another example of legacy media smoke-and-mirror tactics, it would not be the first time in recent memory that polls were massaged. [read more]
requiem for a dream
Not that there is anything wrong with idealism in principle, or with a desire to heal society’s ills: but on the left these are often coupled with an elitist hubris and a denial of fundamental human nature. [read more]
scorecard
So I get home from the evening gig two hours after the end of tonight's debate, and think: Which is easier—rolling the video, or hopping online to see how my fellow ideologues tallied the score? I chose the latter. And... [read more]
contrasts
Earlier this week Orrin Judd noted something curious on the official Kedwards campaign site: BREAKING NEWS!: CONDI ANNOUNCES 24TH IRAQ RATIONALE. Following this breathless headline are two dozen quotes from Bush Administration officials—from the President on down—as to why Gulf... [read more]
humoring the proles
Glenn Reynolds has a link-rich roundup of reactions to John Kerry's terrorism-as-nuisance gaffe. Even if you don't usually follow links, do not miss Rudy Giuliani's response—if the Senator seems strangely unable to sit down at this Wednesday's debate, the Mayor... [read more]
rumble in St. Louis
The first fifteen minutes of tonight's debate looked like a bad rerun of last week's performance. Then the President turned on the juice. And it was good. Reasonable people can disagree about who won on points. But Mr. Kerry lost... [read more]
not liveblogging
Was off tutoring tonight, so didn't see the debate live. Just got done watching the video and a bit of commentary. Kerry was better than I had expected, and much better than I had hoped. But not good enough: although... [read more]
the kid rocks
Over in the sideblog a few days back I mocked Bruce Springsteen for his claim of receiving “enormous sustenance” from Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman—a communion of the damned, if there ever was one. Now, countering one celebrity's political views... [read more]
business as usual
Last week Michelle Malkin posted a summary of the Democratic scheme of the moment: claims that the Bush administration is (secretly, of course) planning to reinstate the draft. There is not a shred of evidence to support this accusation—well, except... [read more]
well, the party mascot is an ass.
A snapshot of the Donkey Party, five weeks before this thing is finally over. Noted previously: John Kerry's claim of owning a Chinese assault rifle, a souvenir from his time in (where else?) Vietnam. Never mind that Kerry has long... [read more]
Kerry and Allawi, redux
This might have all markings of an interblog feedback loop, but bear with me. Earlier today Zach Wendling of Hoosier Review linked to my post from yesterday, which quoted both Iraqi PM Allawi's speech before the Joint Session and Sen.... [read more]
"Thank you, America"
Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi today addressed a Joint Session of Congress. It's my honor to come to Congress and to thank this nation and its people for making our cause your cause, our struggle your struggle. Before I... [read more]
another shoe drops
By and large, the media regards the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth as August's news—if acknowledged at all, the group is almost inevitably tagged with modifiers like “largely discredited,” even though evidence of such refutation is in short supply. And... [read more]
it ain't over
A most revealing bit of Dan Rather's non-apology apology this evening: “He did not come to us; we went to him and asked him for the documents.” I could try to write a substantive post on all this tonight, but... [read more]
go Mariners!
My wife and I call Seattle our hometown. But sometimes it's just heartbreaking to be a Mariners fan (cough.377cough). But thanks to Orrin Judd, tonight I have some reason to cheer. (Well, besides this, I mean.) Politically, the Mariners bat... [read more]
KoolAid drunk
I call myself a conservative and anti-Democrat, rather than a Republican. Nonetheless, some policy reservations aside—things like ballooning federal spending and an unjustifiable refusal to deal with illegal immigration—I am a genuine fan of this President. Which explains the Blogs... [read more]
the fine art of prognostication
Stephen Green has for some weeks been running a feature he calls Wargaming the Electoral College—essentially a map and commentary discussing his best guess of what would happen were the election held the day of the posting. It's a game... [read more]
the anchorman's lament
A few thoughts on Dan Rather's auto-immolation. Point the First: Not even the rank and file at CBS believe that the memos are genuine. Sure, my support for that claim might be a little thin (what with the unnamed sources... [read more]
a perfect storm
Though I'm not one for weblog triumphalism, it's safe to conclude that Dan Rather would not be feeling quite as "shell-shocked" in the wee hours of this morning had not certain bloggers spent a few hours doing what CBS News' vaunted investigators failed to even attempt. [read more]
very brief convention wrap up
As a conservative, it's taken me a while to get acclimated to big-tent Republicanism. But I have—and fortunately I proved it here a few weeks back, so that my newfound enthusiasm for Rudolph Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't smell too... [read more]
and yes, I did mean questionable
A rather personal addendum to this post. My father, Sergeant First Class Cecilio Antonio Perez, served in Vietnam during the same time as Lt. Kerry's curiously truncated Swift Boat tour. My father's tour of duty was also cut short—but for... [read more]
bizarro world
As a rule, I don't blog breaking news. But this is just weird. MTV, ROLLING STONE and the rock and roll establishment — past and present — have cast their vote, and their man is John Kerry. So on Sunday... [read more]
tick tick tick
The Chicago Sun-Times, Friday 27 August: Retired Rear Adm. William L. Schachte Jr. said Thursday in his first on-the-record interview about the swift boat veterans dispute that “I was absolutely in the skimmer” in the early morning on Dec. 2,... [read more]
the hero as martyr
SO WHERE are we headed in the coming weeks? It seems that Senator Kerry has settled on scorched-earth tactics: any criticism from any quarter shall henceforth be labeled as character assassination, with blame to be laid—no matter how tenuous... [read more]
greatest generation 1, boomers 0
1996 was the first and only time that I chose not to vote in a presidential election. There didn't seem much point; Clinton was going to win anyway, and Republican candidate Bob Dole couldn't seem to muster more of a... [read more]
fables of the deconstruction
Marx famously called religion "the opiate of the people." After the revolution, when the proletariat has cast off all false consciousness, religion will fall away with the other burdens imposed by caste and class. But humanity will always have its gods [read more]
Jimmy Carter's revenge, III
I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this comparison. Rap and R&B stars Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot and Eve are recording a song to encourage voters away from President Bush in the run-up to the US election. The... [read more]
Jimmy Carter's revenge, II
A few days ago I quoted two articles suggesting that John Kerry's foreign policy is inspired more by Jimmy Carter than by Bill Clinton. It's getting worse (links via lgf). Q: One of the findings of the 9/11 Commission concerns... [read more]
distressing visions
David Warren is perhaps my favorite columnist, with only Mark Steyn giving him close competition. In the past two years I've learned much from him, about Canadian society, about Islam before the Islamists (he spent much of his formative years... [read more]
Jimmy Carter's revenge
Last fall I stated that a Democratic victory would mean defeat in the broader war. That may not be true. But what is certain is that a Kerry victory will give our enemies good reason to believe that the United States can be alternately attacked and then lulled back into slumber. [read more]
Narcissus redux
It's convention week, all right. A Drudge splash: CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS KERRY CONVENTION FILM: WAR SCENES REENACTED World Exclusive A bombshell new book written by the man who took over John Kerry's Swift Boat charges: Kerry reenacted combat scenes for film... [read more]
Narcissus rising
Even without all the added melodrama—intense inner life, haunted eyes, and all that—it is clear that this is a puff piece. What is not so certain is whether Sennott realized just how much his subject's revelations make him seem both inordinately self-absorbed and transparently weird. [read more]
Sully's descent to farce
Via The Corner: official notice that Andrew Sullivan is, shall we say, a few condoms short of a pack. Harsh? You be the judge. Below I've excerpted a sizable chunk of Sullivan's commentary from Sunday's Times of London, as a... [read more]
"The plans you refer to will soon be back in our pants."
So when last night, Sam and I were watching the news, and I told her "You know, I wouldn't give the benefit of the doubt to a lot of ex-Clinton staffers, though I'm willing to do so for Sandy Berger"—well, I deserve a gold star for that. [read more]
and now...idiots
This could be Exhibit A for why the Democrats are the September 10 Party. A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday that the governor would not apologize for calling lawmakers “girlie men,” despite criticisms from Democrats that the remark... [read more]
whoppers
Then again—given this WaPo interview with the two Senator Johns, perhaps Marshall is rightly concerned that the façade is cracking. [read more]
train wreck in progress
There is an infection in our body politic, one that is poisoning the Democratic Party to its core. There are honorable Democrats still—Joe Lieberman is one, although I disagree with him on many things. Yet it does not require an astute observer to see what faction is in ascendance. [read more]
1968
We are perilously close to a revival of domestic terrorism, and not from right-wing militia types. The Left—both domestic and international—is already making common cause with Islamists. It is only a matter of time before some in those camps decide to cement that alignment with more than mere words. [read more]
one particularly stupid white man
The Sydney Morning Herald reports from a news conference by spheroid propagandist and money-grubbing enemy collaborator Michael Moore (registration probably required). At a press conference for foreign correspondents in New York on Tuesday, Moore said Mr Howard's decision to get... [read more]
I was wrong
But perhaps his winsome smile is what did the trick. Or maybe, it's the hair—which will be about all that's left once Dick Cheney finishes with him in the vice presidential debate. [read more]
an obscene pander
Does Kerry truly believe that religious convictions are illegitimate in the public square? How then does he view the overtly Christian motives of the Founders, or of those who opposed slavery, or of those who more recently labored for civil rights? [read more]
another one bites the dust
The mainstreaming of the Bush lied! meme began about eleven months back, with the controversy over Iraq's procurement, or nonprocurement, of uranium oxide from Niger. The starring role in l’affaire du yellowcake was former ambassador and forever preening narcissist Joseph... [read more]
someone didn't get the memo
Or—perhaps—being poster child for the Left means not having to revise one's talking points, days after even The New York Times was obliged to retreat. No, not Michael Moore: Al Gore. A little over a year ago, when we launched... [read more]
there goes Florida
Kerry's statement regarding Varela is not an aberration. On the contrary: the liberal blueblood has had a soft spot for third-world communist dictatorships for decades. [read more]
quick links
I'm going to try getting my hands dirty with Movable Type 3.0 later tonight, hence no time for a substantive post. So although this weblog (in its present form) isn't given to quick links I will tonight make an exception.... [read more]
beyond the echo chamber
One thing that does not bode well for the upgrade of this site (now ongoing, but not yet obvious unless you know where to look) is the fact that there remain some details unfinished from the original launch last October.... [read more]
shamelessly partisan interlude
This is not the longish and thoughtful post that I promised last night. But some things just demand priority. Like a caged hamster, Senator John Kerry is restless on the road. He pokes at the perimeter of the campaign bubble... [read more]
wouldn't have worked, anyway
So much for the dream ticket: John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has repeatedly and personally asked Senator John McCain, the independent-minded Arizona Republican, to consider being his running mate, but Mr. McCain has refused, people who have... [read more]
friends and allies
Someone ought remind the Senator that a shameless lie is still a shameless lie, no matter how oft he repeats it. [read more]
deep thoughts
Remember SNL's Jack Handey? Here's a few classics: Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he... [read more]
the closest of calls
The buzz in the newsroom over here—and our newspeople are hardly right-wingers—is “What the hell happened to Al Gore?” People are stopping each other in the hall and asking “Did you hear that?” —Michael Graham Remember: but for the... [read more]
zen and the art of political war
Classicist Camille Paglia—no political conservative, she—wrote this in response to the third presidential debate almost four years ago: The big news, surprisingly, is how Bush reacted to Gore's hammy, manic affectations. It's not clear whether this was the result of... [read more]
babes for Bush
Ace is stoked that Lara Flynn Boyle has declared herself a Bush supporter. Insert standard disclaimers here, about the shallowness of celebrity culture, irrational appeals to authority, etc. Nonetheless: it was a little underwhelming back in 2000 when the Hollywood... [read more]
and so it begins
On Monday alone, more than a thousand homosexual couples applied for marriage licenses in Massachusetts. The state's Supreme Judicial Court has successfully made an end run around the democratic process: Massachusetts voters will not be able to make their collective... [read more]
nasty trickses
I'm still playing catch-up with the news—last week of teaching and all that—but one would have to be distracted indeed to miss the signs of John Kerry's forthcoming implosion. Our occasional guest blogger Doug Heinz tells me that his Democratic... [read more]
be your own focus group
It's the Kerry Sloganator! Go make your own here. And don't miss the gallery. But I'm not done yet. With apologies to Ace, here are my Top Ten Alternative Kerry Campaign Slogans 10. I am tall, I contain multitudes 9.... [read more]
it's official, II
A couple of days back I pointed out a particularly inane pronouncement by the Democratic nominee. But it seems that Kerry was only getting warmed up. On Wednesday he gave a pair of interviews, first to NPR's Morning Edition and... [read more]
it's official
We now know for certain what the “F” in John F. Kerry stands for. Freaking moonbat. Democrats, led by Mr. Bush's presumptive opponent in the presidential race, Senator John Kerry, seized the moment to question the underlying logic of Mr.... [read more]
relapse
So much for my staying away from politics. Earlier this week, John Kerry was inteviewed on MTV. This is yet another case of Kerry stealing Bill Clinton's playbook, and it worked about as well as his attempt to anoint himself... [read more]
youthful indiscretions (and treacheries)
Horsemen of the PoMo Apocalypse The Richard Clarke Affair has done me in. I have severe politics fatigue. But one more post before I turn to other topics for a while. Bryan Preston of JunkYardBlog was kind enough to... [read more]
another skirmish
Time will tell, but something that transpired in the Senate late this afternoon may prove to be of historic significance. The Senate passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act on Thursday, following House passage last month of a bill that... [read more]
a summary dismissal
The big political story of the week is, of course, former counterterrorism expert Dick Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 committee. I'm not going to expend much effort writing on this; within two weeks he will sink like a stone from... [read more]
more open secrets
Glenn Reynolds has a longish post today devoted to tax return anecdotes from readers. The consensus appears to be, largely, Bush Rocks! I did our taxes last week. And, well, Bush Rocks! (Although instead of getting a refund, I'm just... [read more]
St. Jimmy
By longstanding tradition, former presidents do not publicly cast aspersions on successors currently holding office. Former presidents do not—in a time of war—make unsupported accusations against a leader of a closely allied nation. And former presidents certainly do not do... [read more]
follow the money
Ever wondered where your town fits on the political spectrum? Okay, so you probably know that already. But now you can see who your friends and neighbors pay good money to support, via a new and somewhat frightening site called... [read more]
the pirates of provincetown
Back when I was an undergrad, most of my friends were music majors. Several of them performed in a university production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. A good thing, too: else I would not now be able... [read more]
selling a lemon
The NYT continues its descent into self-parody. Mr. Kerry, one of the Senate's experts in foreign affairs, exudes maturity and depth. He can discuss virtually any issue of security or international affairs with authority. What his critics see as an... [read more]
forcing the contradictions
Neuhaus is correct: the Constitution will be amended, either by a democratic process as provided for in the document itself, or by judicial fiat. I submit that those who hope for the latter are abetting the rise of tyranny. [read more]
playing to the home crowd
Via Drudge: Has Tom Daschle gotten religion? Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., on Thursday praised the Bush administration's war and nation-building work in Iraq and said he has no serious concerns about the lack of weapons of mass destruction. Daschle told... [read more]
line in the sand
Even the most prescient of public intellectuals is wrong as often as right. The trick is that—if you're going to be wrong—just try not to be very, very wrong. As in (for instance) this assessment by Andrew Sullivan. [read more]
malice redux
Two months ago I wrote a rather heated commentary on the mainstream media, politics, and the war. Taken as a whole, I stand by that post. And now it's high time for a sequel. [read more]
David Kay, WMD, and the media
Since the chief Coalition WMD hunter David Kay resigned last week, there's been a flurry of activity in the press, mostly casting aspersions on the Administration (and implicitly advancing the "Bush lied!" thesis). [read more]
britney 'n' madonna, 2004
Okay, so really it's two guys named John. But geez. (Via The Corner.)... [read more]
"Sullivan Flip Watch"
At the end of the SotU last night, my wife turned and said, “You may want to steer clear of Andrew Sullivan's site for the next month or so.” Later in the evening I found this on the blog of... [read more]
please oh please oh please
And given a day to reflect, I must reluctantly conclude that this is the scream, not of a man being goosed by a porcupine, but rather of a sorry little ex-governor inadvertently sticking a fork into his presidential aspirations. [read more]
blood on the floor
So much for my predictions. But at least I'm having a better night than this guy. And the networks are now reporting that Dick “Miserable Failure” Gephardt will drop out tomorrow (no links yet). End of distinguished public service career,... [read more]
Iowa predictions
My record as a political prognosticator is pretty dismal. (NRO even has the proof. Makes me wonder what else is out there…) Nonethelesss, here goes. Twenty-four hours from now, the Iowa results will be: Howard Dean 28% (Because I'm stubborn,... [read more]
Easterbrook already on Mars, Sullivan likes the view
(Or: The return of our permanent guest blogger) As a true fiscal conservative, Andrew Sullivan has been rightfully dismayed over the Bush administration’s profligate spending habits. His latest salvo on the subject picks up where Gregg Easterbrook, former columnist with... [read more]
guess the pundit II
Now, who said this? bq. I know people think Ted Kennedy is the "conscience of his party" (that's the Democratic party; any other party where Ted's involved you're gonna want to bring your snorkel). [read more]
guess the pundit
Who said this? [T]he fundamental problem in the poor countries of Africa and Asia is not that sweatshops exploit too many workers; it's that they don't exploit enough. Surprise: It's NYT regular Nicholas Kristof in his op-ed from yesterday. More:... [read more]
true colors
Let's get one thing straight, and I will use tiny words for those like General Clark, whose consciences are so seared that they are not willing to acknowledge the bleeding obvious: There is no difference between a newborn child, and one about to be born. [read more]
St. Howard
The news of Howard Dean's religious outing has been circulating for a couple of weeks now; here is a solid roundup of links, if you are interested. But no time? Want the highlights? Happy to oblige. The earliest reference I've... [read more]
mean Dean machine
Today's WaPo gives a pre-primary analysis of Howard Dean's campaign. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean stands on the brink of a remarkable achievement in American politics, having transformed himself from rank obscurity to clear favorite for his party's presidential nomination.... [read more]
some very non-Christmas cheer
I shall have to repent for this later, but nonetheless: There is something plaintive, something almost wistful about Mr. Kerry these days, as if he finds it inconceivable that he is having so much trouble convincing his fellow New Englanders... [read more]
one clear-eyed Democrat
Also from Opinion Journal last week (I really must start keeping up with the e-mail updates) comes this essay from science fiction writer (and Democrat) Orson Scott Card. [The Democratic candidates'] platforms range from Howard Dean's “Bush is the devil”... [read more]
that wasn't actually a dare
John Kerry isn't the only one spinning like a top today; Howard Dean echoes the non sequitur that the capture of Saddam underlines the need for greater UN involvement. But enough of politicians; this is a golden opportunity to follow... [read more]
spin this
Initial comments on the news of the day year: “I supported this effort in Iraq without regard for the political consequences because it was the right thing to do. I still feel that way now and today is a major... [read more]
malice
It is almost no longer newsworthy when a Democratic candidate or spokesmouth makes the most audacious—and in some cases libelous—claims against the administration. Last week (on NPR, natch) Howard Dean reported the "theory" that the Saudi government may have given President Bush fair warning of the 9/11 attacks... [read more]
S.F. mayoral race - Dems unraveling?
Tomorrow, San Francisco will elect either Gavin Newsome (Democrat) or Matt Gonzalez (Green Party) for mayor. This race will be interesting nationally for a few reasons. Gavin Newsome was supposed to be a shoe-in for this race and has been... [read more]
ask not for whom the bell tolls
…it tolls for thee, Jesse Jackson. Or at least for your rapidly dissipating influence. “We are tired of coming here to voice our opinion when we got African-American people sitting at the table and saying they represent our interests and... [read more]
things that make you say "hmm..."
Howard Dean on Sunday: Howard Dean on Sunday launched an attack on President Bush's foreign policy acumen, saying Bush has “no understanding of defense,” is conducting diplomacy by “petulance” and lacks “the backbone to stand up against the Saudis.” At... [read more]
Lileks on a tear
Today's Bleat: I was tempted to write about George Soros comparing Bush and America to the rise of the Nazis, but I’ve just had it with these people. I’m more interested in those who ride the coattails of their rhetoric.... [read more]
a tale of two Democrats
Yesterday Doug gave me the heads-up on this fine example of Democratic appeal to red-state America: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean tried to be all things, except George W. Bush, to all voters on fundraising stops in Boulder and Denver... [read more]
a star is born
WSJ's Opinion Journal today has a John Fund profile of Louisiana GOP gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal, the son of Indian immigrants: The 32-year-old Mr. Jindal had already impressed many in the state's elites with his intelligence and administrative ability. He... [read more]
