Category Politics

Quote Of The Day

A good rule of thumb is: if you need a protractor to properly express your outrage, you’ve probably gone too far. –Allahpundit, referring to Rightwing “Islamic crescent” conspiracy mongering in re: the United 93 memorial in Shanksville, PA

S’good To Be Da Prez

Say you’re an international videogame company looking to help the world’s most powerful man celebrate his 60th birthday. What do you send him? Why, a Nintendo DS Lite, complete with a congratulatory letter and a copy of a popular brain-teaser…

Signs Of The Times

Anger management issues aside, I think that the true ramifications of the Times’ (LA & NY) release of information on a top secret financial surveillance program are starting to become clear. The Times’ revelations have effectively killed the SWIFT program,…

Putting A Face On Abortion

I stumbled across this story the other day and found myself getting a bit choked up as I read the story of Gianna Jessen. A Colorado state house representative by the name of Ted Harvey heard her sing in a…

Defusing A Potential Scandal With Humor

Rush Limbaugh was apparently “busted” re-entering the country carrying Viagra sans-prescription. He opened his show today with two quips (and here I’m paraphrasing): “What I want to know is: how did Bob Dole’s luggage get on my airplane?” “My doctor…