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Op-ed: Lurching Center-Left

November 15, 2008

My latest op-ed at the Washington Times concerns America’s new status as a center-left nation. It is not all Mr. McCain’s fault – supporters of small government and the free market have simply failed to make their case to voters. It took a plumber from Toledo to make even a dent in Mr. Obama’s leftist […]

Now this will be quite interesting

November 5, 2008

An apt bit of doggerel, I think, for the coming years. AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them […]

Closing Time for the 2008 Election: Let Me Be Absolutely Clear

November 4, 2008

In an election cycle that saw the explosion of “Fact Check” articles written from thinly-disguised partisan bias, there is one fact that the overwhelming majority of voters going to the polls on Tuesday cannot deny: The 2008 election will finally end. Regardless of the outcome, we all should be thankful for this fact, if only […]

DIY Election Fraud, 2008 Edition

November 3, 2008

I n every Presidential election, it’s my experience that reports of fraud tend to be a bit exaggerated. Yes, there will always be a degree of problems – but most of those are of the human error variety, not purposeful lawbreaking. With so many millions voting, and so many election officials who are really just […]

Barack Obama’s Fight for Virginia

October 21, 2008

Since I live in the newly swing state of Virginia and specifically in very swinging Loudoun County, and have voted here in every election since I could vote, allow me to point out what would be obvious to anyone who lived here: the amount of enthusiasm for John McCain among the people who get voters […]

Rudy Giuliani’s New York

October 20, 2008

Michael Tomasky never would’ve written this article had Rudy Giuliani been the Republican nominee. Of course, he isn’t, and we know why – but this article makes me miss him dearly. He was without question the most experienced executive in this year’s presidential stakes, and for all his personal faults, represents the change a leader […]

Latest WashTimes Oped: Joe the Plumber Does What McCain Can’t

October 19, 2008

Here’s my latest Washington Times oped, on Joe Wurzelbacher’s questioning of Obama, and how it shows McCain’s limits. The closer: “The ultimate authority, they say, is in will, not reason,” G.K. Chesterton mused a century ago. “The supreme point is not why a man demands a thing, but the fact that he does demand it.” […]

Latest WashTimes Oped: The Kitchen Table Letdown

October 12, 2008

My latest op-ed over at the Washington Times concerns the dueling perspectives of John McCain and Barack Obama on our economic woes – and how both fail the test: So, here’s a story to tell the grandkids around some future autumn kitchen table. Once upon a time, the American people, facing the greatest global economic […]

Mad Men: The Show I Should Like – But Don’t

October 7, 2008

There’s no question that I really should like Mad Men. I don’t watch a lot of television that falls outside the categories of “sporting event” or “cartoon”, but if they put it down on paper, I feel like I’d be the ideal target market for this one. Along with any under-thirty guy who damns John […]

Daniel Snyder = Michael Scott’s Long Lost Brother

October 5, 2008

Past rumors are now confirmed as absolute truth in the wake of the slobberknocker comeback in Philly: Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder is, in all actuality, Michael Scott’s long lost twin brother. Well, but maybe with a little more of that John Henderson fire (from an old WaPo profile): “Hey, turn on ESPN!” he says. “They […]

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