May 24, 2010
Business As Usual
On ABC’s weekly gab-fast “This Week” yesterday, America’s last remaining Whig, the bow-tied George Will, blithely dismissed the kerfluffle surrounding the latest accusations surrounding illegality in the White House. “Business as usual,” he huffed. But moments later, on a separate...
May 21, 2010
Reductio Ad Absurdem
In 1803, emissaries from the American President, including future President James Monroe, signed a treaty, which was then the largest real estate purchase in history. Thomas Jefferson authorized his ambassadors to sign the Louisiana Purchase Treaty despite some misgiving he...
May 20, 2010
We got them just where we want them
“We got them just where we want them.” That was my initial sardonic reaction to the fact that Republicans lost a not very close race in the 12th District of Pennsylvania. It is hard to spin this loss as anything...
May 19, 2010
Rand Paul and Online Poker
It was interesting to go to a Ways and Means Committee meeting on the possibilities and pitfalls of online gambling in the aftermath of Rand Paul’s huge victory in Kentucky. Paul is a libertarian, and by definition should be in...