Could we puleeze have grown-up conversations?
Syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker wrote about the hubbub around Rush Limbaugh this week. She thinks we should have been talking about something else, like – oh – how the heck you fix what’s...
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Using the words that make you feel good
I promised commentary on the post two down on a Wall Street Journal piece about why America might just split up.First, I have to confess that I give the piece good marks on a couple of points: 1. It is...
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Fire, meet gasoline.
Apparently some liberals don’t think some conservatives have already made town halls quite shrill enough. Apparently they like a little combustion with their decision-making:The right-wing nuts who cry...
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Sunday at the Square: We should be pillars of salt right about now.
Anyone else out there about to have a stroke like I am observing the stunning hypocrisy demonstrated by partisans on both side of the aisle now that control of the government has flip-flopped? A few...
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Liz Joyner: Glass house you live in, meet stone in your hand
The recent passage of the healthcare bill in the Senate brought with it some need-to-take-a-bath-right-now details on how the legislative “sausage” was made. Now dubbed the “Louisiana Purchase” and the...
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“Being neutral isn’t good enough anymore. You have to pick sides.” — Glenn Beck this week
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Obama in his presidential address Tuesday night:“This afternoon I spoke to former President George W. Bush. It’s well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset. Yet no one can doubt...
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Chivalry (and civility): Possibly not dead yet?
Kudos to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) for putting it to a heckler at a Meg Whitman campaign event:“We’re here talking about the future of the state of California and the future of our...
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Just pitiful.
From today’s New York Times, this pretty much captures the why of our AAA credit rating downgrade: “Democrats and Republicans both claimed to find validation for their policies in the decision by the...
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Mac vs. PC
Apparently, according to Farhad Manjoo in True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society, journalists live every day with the repercussions of the hostile media effect, where partisans view...
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In best CSPAN call ever, Mom calls out politically-feuding sons
Hat tip to Florence Snyder for finding this gem, it came to me with her note “finally, some good news!”
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