Category Archives: Politics

Josh Marshall has been trying to find out how many representatives have voted on the “DeLay rule” (the House rule change that will allow Rep. DeLay to keep his leadership position even if he is indicted by a Texas grand … Continue reading →

George Will has some difficult questions for the nominee for Secretary of State: In 1991 the secretary of defense, explaining the lack of wisdom of regime change, said: “Once you’ve got Baghdad, it’s not clear what you do with it. … Continue reading →

Despite this blog’s restart being motivated by the US political situation, I’ve been somewhat remiss in keeping up with this topic, having drifted into a stunned malaise once the initial shock wore off. I was unaware, for instance, that Rep. … Continue reading →

Joshua Micah Marshall exhibits some uncommon insight in this essay: I think I can tell you what the Republicans are for and without referencing hardly any policy specifics. They’re for lowering taxes in exchange for giving up whatever it is … Continue reading →

So part of the goal of this blog was to allow me to vent my spleen by adding my voice to the throng. Hopefully I can learn to make a pithy comment and leave it at that, instead of my … Continue reading →

Quoted on BoingBoing: “I got a very clear picture of [Bush's] base constituency when having a discussion over lunch with some co-workers about our favorite children’s shows. I was commenting on how much I liked Sesame Street, and one woman … Continue reading →