When the Bubble Bursts … Bush Unplugged

Guest post by Ed Stephan Doug Thompson, over at Capitol Hill Blue, has a wonderful piece on some of Bush’s reactions to recent anti-war demonstrators. It’s very funny to read. Here are a few paragraphs: “I’m not meeting again with that goddamned bitch,” Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet again with Cindy Sheehan, […]

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn…

Yes, this has been a wonderful opportunity, and I’ve greatly enjoyed being able to write alongside Zoe and Thomas these past two days. Thanks to everyone for reading my posts. I’ve certainly enjoyed reading all your comments. And thanks to Steve for his encouragement and generosity and for inviting me here to help fill in […]

Bye Y’all

It’s been a pleasure guest blogging with Michael and Thomas and attempting to fill the 2-day void left by Steve. I hope to see ya’ around the blogosphere, -zoe kentucky of demagogue (a political polyblog)

The overstated shrillness of the Democratic Party

Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Okay, I’d like to get provocative. And I’d like to do so by referring favourably, more or less, to a certain bow-tied conservative commentator. No, not Tucker Carlson, but George Will — to me, one of the more palatable right-wing pundits, an old-fashioned tory who often breaks from the […]

Purveyors of doubt: Intelligent design, relativism, and the postmodern right

Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings Yesterday, I published a post on intelligent design wherein I argued, via Christopher Hitchens, that it may now be the time for those of us who defend the theory of evolution and otherwise live in the real world to take on the claims of intelligent design and those right-wing […]

The Death of “Special Rights”?

(posted by guest blogger zoe kentucky) Was the Rev. Jerry Falwell drunk when he appeared on “The Situation with Tucker Carlson” earlier this month? [TUCKER] CARLSON: Jerry Falwell, I notice you wrote a piece supporting Mr. Roberts. Are you rethinking that? [Because of the news of Roberts’s work on Romer v. Evans] FALWELL: Oh, not […]

Why The Movies Have Gone Bad

Guest Post by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver Okay, okay, I admit right up front that any list of ten “dark clouds” we face as a nation should very likely not include the question of whether or not we can survive an onslaught of bad entertainment. However, I have been reading a lot of posts of late […]

Randy “Duke” Cunningham-Real Estate Tycoon

Guest Post by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver I’m always surprised by the number of Righties who think that John “Duke” Wayne was a great American patriot, since it was common knowledge in Hollywood during the Second World War that he was the biggest draft dodger in the movie industry – his reputation as an American hero […]

Sexing Intelligence

(Posted by guest blogger zoe kentucky of demagogue.) By way of Atrios we learn that there is a provocative new British study that I’m sure we’ll hear about ad nauseum. Academics in the UK claim their research shows that men are more intelligent than women. A study to be published later this year in the […]

Victory in Iraq

Guest Post by Zoe Kentucky Sometimes I love Cal Thomas. The following lyrics should be sung to the tune of “Blowin’ in the Wind.” How many times can this nation draw down, When faced with a difficult war? Haven’t we seen what retreat has produced, Whenever we’ve tried it before? With polls showing a decline […]