Just a few things from this week's column. Jack does his usual spin though he relies on actual numbers for most of his column. The last few paragraphs, however, simply cry out for clarification:Reagan's oratorical skills boosted his popularity. But what made it endure was that his policies were succ...

A little late. Sorry. Jack Kelly takes on Leon Panetta in this week's column. He doesn't like Panetta as CIA head: There are, I suspect, quite a few jobs in government for which having no experience is not a liability. But few would list director of central intelligence among them. Which is why Bara...

I'm not sure what to write about Jack Kelly's column this week as I am not really sure what it's about. He starts with an abrupt turn into 20th century history. In all honestly, at this point I'm not sure what's going with the Nazi reference: As the economy worsens, the attention of Americans is dra...

This week's column is more proof that Jack Kelly's an active part of the right wing noise machine polluting our nation's political discourse. I'll start, not with the column but with this article from the AP: The Republican National Committee was quick and relentless in jumping on an article publish...

Jack Kelly's column this week is another edition in the right-wing "Obama's gaffes" talking points. This is the second week in a row that Commando Kelly's pushed this particular rhetorical button. Let's start with the headline of the piece: Obama generates even more gaffes than Dan Quayle And a numb...

It's Sunday. It's an election season. So if you're wondering whether our friend Jack Kelly can be expected to spin, manipulate and smear the leading Democratic candidate, the answer drops with a resounding wet thud of a yes. He gets musical in this week's column. In doing so, he unloads (the way a c...

Last week, it was the Clinton/Obama race. This week it's Obama/Wright. How much you wanna bet next week's column will be on Reverend Hagee's characterization of the Roman Catholic Church as the "Whore of Babylon"? Or on Senator McCain's denounciation of Rod Parsely for claiming that the United State...

This week's column by Jack Kelly begins with the now nearly ubiquitous "bitter" quotation of Senator Obama and quickly morphs into one of Jack's occasional book reports. And of course, he slips (without knowing it) into a bizarre circular self-erasing logic. I'll explain. Jack Begins:If Barack Obama...

As many of you already know, the OPJ (you guys get that that stands for "Other Political Junkie," right?) and I were at the Post-Gazette on Thursday for this interview. It was great fun. We were in and out in about 20 minutes and once it was over, the ever-hospitable Bill Toland took us through part...

In a nutshell, Jack Kelly thinks that Robert Novak and Jonathan Alter are wrong when each wrote this week that Senator Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race. Here's Novak: Even before Sen. Barack Obama won his ninth straight contest against Sen. Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin last Tuesday, wise ...