Happy Festivus to one and all
I’m off today, as part of an annual Carpetbagger gathering around the Festivus pole for the airing of the grievances and feats of strength. See you Monday.
I’m off today, as part of an annual Carpetbagger gathering around the Festivus pole for the airing of the grievances and feats of strength. See you Monday.
Apropos of nothing, I’d like to pass along a terrific, albeit old, op-ed on the dangers of huge budget deficits. You might find the writer of the piece amusing. A link is no longer available, but the op-ed appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Nov. 13, 1995. It insisted, in strong terms, that a […]
The New Republic’s Clay Risen, a native Tennessean, had a great piece this week about a recent trip to Alabama. Risen details his perspective as a “southern expatriate” and notes that the region used to have important liberal leaders whose voices in the South once mattered. They are, alas, literally a dying breed. But with […]
When it comes to the war in Iraq, the Washington Post editorial board has been about as reliable as the Washington Times’ editorial board. Today, however, the Post does a fine job expressing its outrage over the latest round of reports of widespread torture. It’s definitely worth reading. For example, the Post notes the evolution […]
Young voters were the only age group that backed John Kerry on Election Day. Yesterday, it seemed Bush got his revenge on those of them in college. A change in eligibility for Pell Grants to be announced Thursday by the Department of Education would cut some 90,000 students from the rolls of recipients and affect […]
I had forgotten how much the Bush gang loves the week before Christmas, when media interest is tepid, Americans’ attention is focused elsewhere, and they can pull stunts like these. The Bush administration issued comprehensive new rules yesterday for managing the national forests, jettisoning some environmental protections that date to Ronald Reagan’s administration and putting […]
The ongoing wild card in the Social Security fight remains skeptical congressional Republicans. In early December, it was Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, former chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, who said he knows of about 30 House Republicans, including him, who are already inclined to oppose Bush’s Social Security plan. A week ago, […]
Bush is a failure when it comes to job performance and governing, but he and his gang of merry political advisors are tremendous campaigners. They’re tireless, savvy, and not afraid to abandon the truth when it means getting ahead. A couple of weeks ago, U.S. News & World Report said the Bush team would focus […]
On Oct. 8, during the second Bush-Kerry debate, the president made it sound like drug reimportation, which is widely popular with the public clamoring for more affordable prescription medication, could be right around the corner. “And we’ve just got to make sure, before somebody thinks they’re buying a product, that it works. And that’s why […]
I’ve got your “compassionate conservatism” right here. In one of the first signs of the effects of the ever tightening federal budget, in the past two months the Bush administration has reduced its contributions to global food aid programs aimed at helping millions of people climb out of poverty. With the budget deficit growing and […]