Daily Archive: September 15, 2009

war games

Scott writes: Certainly part of the promise of Obama’s presidency was to get away from the vicious partisanship of Rovian politics as Andrew points out. But I can’t help wondering whether Obama isn’t overplaying...

Quote of the Day

At one key moment in “The Breaking Point,” Dos Passos tells Hemingway, “The question I keep putting to myself is what’s the use of fighting a war for civil liberties, if you destroy civil...

Jackass

President Obama has scored points, at least with me, for his off-color description of gay fish, Kanye West.  I found some of my favorite G.W. Bush moments were when he was caught off the...