Hell freezes over July 28, 2011 No not really. It will take the Democrats and the Republicans working out a sensible federal spending/taxing plan for that to happen. My buddy… Continue Reading
Why doesn’t WaPo pay me instead of George Will? July 28, 2011 Probably because I never set out to be a pundit. I wanted to be a real life legislator. Writing has only become an avenue… Continue Reading
Obama is today’s Gorbachev July 27, 2011 My buddy who complains regularly that he reads “Welty” and then insists that this means Welty should read whichever pundit’s rant he points to… Continue Reading
The likely Norwegian terrorists July 25, 2011 My buddy loves to send me stuff from the Powerline blog. He didn’t send me this gem: “The perpetrators of these attacks have not… Continue Reading
Why not a Demageddon? July 25, 2011 My pesky buddy asks me why I shouldn’t be whining about the Democrats being responsible for the fiscal cliff we seem to be lurching… Continue Reading
While the GOP attempts to push America into fiscal ruin… July 23, 2011 …my buddy keeps sending me crapola about how dignified Michelle Bachmann has been at handling criticism. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. Once more… Continue Reading
Who gets the blame in 2012 … July 18, 2011 …if America grinds to a halt? For my buddy who desperately wants the blame to fall on Obama I sadly have to concur with… Continue Reading
Living in a cave July 15, 2011 My buddy may think I’ve thrown in the towel by headlining my blog about the Minnesota Budget deal as a caving in by Governor… Continue Reading
The “Generic” Candidate July 14, 2011 My buddy is enjoying the lead that “generic republican” has over Barack Obama in the Gallup Poll. Unfortunately Generic is having a hard time… Continue Reading
Trusting ourselves February 17, 2010 Every time I hear some money grubbing Fox pundit complain about “government” I think back to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and his “of the people,… Continue Reading
A small irony August 27, 2008 In the Walk Down Memory Lane post I linked to an old column I wrote called “Liar liar pants on fire.” It was about… Continue Reading
Summer Reading June 10, 2006 Last summer I read two weighty histories of close to a thousand pages each. The first was about Adolph Hitler’a cronies and the second was about Joseph Stalin…. Continue Reading