I think once Thursday dodgeball finishes up, I may do these thrice weekly. * AP: “Every day, the economy is becoming more and more an Obama economy.” When the AP, which couldn’t be bothered to worry much about seriously examining Obama during the campaign, is starting to look at Ob...

It's nice, David Frum, that you drew out your slingshot, and fired some rocks at The Cheeseburger That Sweats , especially knowing that the Flying Monkeys and Dittoheads will, likely, be sending you some nasty, vile vibes back at you. Or that anyone in the PartyofNoicans would get behind you with it...

First of all, regarding the whining about the need for a “new direction” in the Republican Party, George Neumayr has a fascinating article over at the Weekly Standard: Did the Democrats achieve majority status by pitching a “Big Tent,” by thinking happy thoughts about their o...

I sent this story of a horrific murder in East Texas to Nat-Wu and Adam over the weekend, both of whom reacted to the story by saying "that's one of the worst things I've ever read." Which was pretty much what I thought when I read it too. Well, via John Cole and Andrew Sullivan, it seems that Rod D...

* Much like everything else so far, the Obama administration’s diplomatic efforts are stumbling out of the gates. The administration presented Russia with a reset button, which is cute because a) they mistranslated the word “reset” for “overcharge,” (and do they really ...

Those of you who know me know that I rarely post e-mails. However, I do on occasion make an exception, and this is one of them. I received this one from a dear friend who, though the e-mail was originally addressed to another, thought I would be interested. I was. You should be too. I have omitted t...

Rush and other mouthpieces for movement conservatism are not backing down from their public wish that Barack Obama fails. As Dave Neiwert says, his excuse for this is the time-honored foundation of all conservative morality — That other kid did it first. Limbaugh: Did the Democrats want the wa...

Jonathan Martin describes the dynamic: The strategy took shape after Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville included Limbaugh’s name in an October poll and learned [that he had an 11% approval rating with voters under 40]. Then the conservative talk-radio host emerged as an un...

That's Jenni Russell's message in her column for The Guardian.  She accepts that the Conservatives are almost certain to be Britain's next government and she encourages the Left to engage with David Cameron and avoid him (a) failing or/and (b) coming under the influence of the dreadful Tory rig...

Where in this great nation would you think the per capita consumption of pornography would be at its highest? Perhaps a decadent coastal blue state such as California or New York? Guess again, people—the answer is Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune: Besides its political bent, Utah’s per capita...