Where’s Orwell when you need him?
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Continue reading →We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Continue reading →Here’s a great description of the show hearings going on right now in Congress: Democrats have begun a search for the culprit in the financial collapse in a manner somewhat akin to the OJ Simpson search for Nicole Brown and … Continue reading →
First, a bit of liveblogging. McCain is hitting Fannie and Freddie and the Dem role in at—he says Fannie/Freddie was “the catalyst”—but the points have to be so rushed that I wonder if people even know what he’s getting at. … Continue reading →
On the one hand CNN actually manages to present a piece about Obama and Ayers that makes some hard-hitting points. On the other hand CNN continually pulls the most important punch. The significance of the Obama/Ayers connection (as I wrote … Continue reading →
[See this for background.] I was contemplating just how it is that someone like Richard Fuld of Lehman can look himself in the mirror right now and not throw up. But I’ve got a hypothesis about people such as Fuld, … Continue reading →
Just when you think the anti-Palin press has covered itself with enough shame, it sinks still lower. James Taranto has found a real howler:
Continue reading →Please, please, please read this. And then send it to everybody you know.
Continue reading →The LA Times does its best to twist the truth for Obama’s sake. Talk about a truncated quote!
Continue reading →This testimony certainly underscores those accusations about Wall Street “fat cats” and greed. Although in this case rats leaving a sinking ship might be a more appropriate image—if you can picture rats carting off chests filled with booty as they … Continue reading →
I must be a glutton for punishment, because I’ve been glancing at MSNBC again. The tone of the talking heads there (maybe that’s a misnomer; some of them seem more like shouting heads) is frenetic and energized. They look like … Continue reading →
Sarah Palin is a woman, in case you hadn’t noticed. But she’s got a special problem with women—at, rather, many women appear to have a special problem with her. I noticed it almost immediately after her nomination, when Palin-bashing became … Continue reading →
Fifty-nine percent of those polled want to turn in their Congressional tiles and pick some new ones. Of course, when you do that, sometimes you get an even worse hand. But if the tiles you’re holding are bad enough—all vowels, … Continue reading →