13 thoughts on “Crossing the Jordan

  1. RE: Wadea Al Fayoume
    Yes, that’s bad. Illinois doesn’t have the death penalty so this should be a “life” thing.Report

  2. I must report that you are not the only person to make a reference to Crossing the Jordon when giving a headline to your essay.Report

  3. I don’t think any faction is exerting more control than is justified. If we were a more parliamentary system, we’d have no problem categorizing this: the center-right is trying to build a coalition. We just don’t think of it that way, and it prevents us from thinking about the kind of deals a coalition needs to make.Report

    1. And will allegedly lose more ground tomorrow because dissenters are switching their votes to no in show time to express their displeasure in a knife-twisting way.Report

  4. Jim Jordan and his ilk are the end result of the Republican Party thinking and acting (heh, get it?) since 1980. They have always been like this, now their just more out in the open. Anyone that subscribes to conservatism tacitly endorses what they do and how they act, and I refuse to believe any differently because conservatives do not act any differently. Even when writing indignant and blasé nonsense that I regularly see from Mr. Thornton.Report

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