First Principles

I wish this debate had happened sooner.  Although it definitely helped that there were fewer candidates on stage – it’s not an accident that fewer candidates and no absurd timeclock led to a far more substantive debate than we’ve seen in the past. I haven’t seen a lot of the post-debate spin from other people […]

[Read more →]

Today, of course, is the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Last year, the Reno Gazette-Journal carried a rather odd editorial (sadly, it doesn’t appear to be archived) which I thought painted a pretty inaccurate picture of what Pearl Harbor is like today.  The editorial essentially argued that the attack had been forgotten, […]

[Read more →]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  That’s thought one.  GOOD.  It’s nice when justice is served.  That’s thought two.  But this great moment is worth more comment and thought than that.  There are important political and policy lessons to be learned from this as the election to choose our next Commander in Chief heats up.  So, in no particular order… […]

[Read more →]

But when he’s done in court, he should get rid of the policy altogether.

[Read more →]

Well, no big surprises.  He made the same promises that he made a year ago, and the only difference is that now we can be even more sure he won’t keep any of them. The big takeaway from me on this was just how unserious this speech was. 

[Read more →]

During the Bush Administration, there were a few members of the military who deserted their country and their brothers in arms.  In order to justify their treason, they decided on their own that the Iraq war was Unconstitutional.  Their legal reasoning was absurd, but more importantly, they didn’t have the authority or standing to make […]

[Read more →]

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen posted a particularly mind-numbing article today, angry that Obama isn’t angry or mean enough to counter the unforgivable meanness of Sarah Palin.  (Maybe he feels better after Obama’s unfortunate “pig wearing lipstick” comments today.) Yawn.  Hysterical liberals upset that their emperor is naked is the sun rising in the east.  […]

[Read more →]

Wesley Clark was an enormous gas bag and a fool the other day when he commented “Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.”  But the resulting outrage on the right and the flagelation of the left was mostly misplaced, in my view.  Wesely […]

[Read more →]