Ross Douthat: Goodbye, Bushism – The New York Times
Politically it was by no means a crazy strategy. For all his blunders, George W. Bush is still the only Republican candidate for president to win the popular vote in the last 25 years,...
Monthly Archive: March 2016
Marcion and Arius: American Political Theology’s Roots
How does Marcion, an early church father, who like Arius was one of the earliest notable heretics, relate to the Christian-Deism that arose in England and America during the Enlightenment period of the American Founding. That’s what I am trying to figure out here.
Through the Funhouse Mirror: House of Cards vs The West Wing
Once upon a time, we tuned in to Josiah Bartlet. Today, we binge-watch Francis Underwood. What does that say about us?
In Which I Am Smarter Than Neil deGrasse Tyson (About Painful Animal Sex)
When discussing inverted duck vaginas, maybe there’s a better operational term than corkscrewing? Also, Dr. Tyson is underinformed on animal sex.
Morning Ed: Politics {2016.03.15.T}
Morning Joe, Mitt, and The Donald (and The Donald, and The Donald…)
Donald Trump’s Tampa Office Is an Unlikely Melting Pot – NYT
But here in Tampa, in the week before the pivotal Florida primary, conversations with more than 20 volunteers showing up to make campaign calls or otherwise help out at a small Trump campaign office...
The Nation of Islam and the Anti-Defamation League — Now Is the Time to Mend Fences
By the time I turned 15 or 16 I became an entrepreneur. I sold marijuana on that hot corner. I was always told to “stay off that f*cking corner” so I kept an eye...
The Race at Pooh Corner
Because Politics and Power aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.
Matthew Yglesias: I can’t be contrarian about Donald Trump anymore: He’s terrifying – Vox
I was a liberal Donald Trump apologist. Not a liberal enjoying the chaos Trump was sowing in the Republican Party, but someone who welcomed his ideological heterodoxy as a step away from the cliff of endless polarization that offered a more moderate substantive agenda than Marco Rubio’s. I held on to that conviction through Friday’s protest violence and Saturday’s torrent of “enough is enough” takes.
I was wrong.
Why America’s Worst Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Loves Hillary Clinton | Observer
“Hillary Clinton proudly lists Mayor Rahm Emanuel as one of her leading mayoral endorsers,” Mr. Sanders told reporters during a news conference while campaigning in Chicago. “Well, let me be clear as I can...
