Something I never thought I would do

The North Carolina primaries are coming up. I’m toying with the idea of registering as a Democrat and voting for Hillary. I’d like to see her and Obama continue to rip into each other, so the least I can do is offer some support. And yes, I’d do the same for Obama if [...]

Mixed messages

It is odd that a significant number of Americans claim to believe that the United States government created AIDS as part of a genocidal conspiracy against blacks. It is odder still that many of these same people want to put the government in charge of the health care system.

But if it be a sin to covet honour

Reason Magazine is running an article that begins If Florida had a Homeric epithet (think Hector, tamer of horses) it would be “Florida, wrecker of elections.” To Hades with “the Sunshine State.”
I’m not sure I understood the point of the article, but it got me looking for an old souvenir, one I hold dear. I [...]

Distributed blasphemy

I recently remarked that no religion should be beyond the reach of mockery. In a must-read post, Wretchard explains why:
What makes the Mohammed Cartoon attack on radical Islam so potent that Bin Laden himself must oppose it, is two things. First, anyone can make fun of radical Islam. Second, the Cartoons are aimed at [...]

Karl, you magnificent bastard

Power and Control raises the idea that Karl Rove is behind Obama.

Immortal words

Harry Reid, had he the had the sense to keep his mouth shut, would have been forgotten. If remembered at all, it would have been as a man who rose to his level of incompetence. Instead Senator Reid’s own words immortalized him as the voice of defeatism. Harry ‘this war is lost’ [...]