The Stopped Clock

After accidentally telling the truth , President Bush has quickly recanted . So, anybody care to venture a guess as to when we will "wi...

Today, Richard Cohen explains that if only John Kerry would be more candid, in the manner of John McCain, he might do as well against Bush ...

The New Yorker helps explain what inspires a particular subset of voters , including many of "the undecided", to ultimately pick t...

Today's Times brings us an editorial by a retired Republican Senator , who apparently hasn't adjusted to the fact that the Republica...

Today's Washington Post brings us an editorial suggesting that, believe it or not, the present strategy of appeasement is not the best ...

Just when I'm getting used to pundits telling us, without any real analysis, that Kerry's military policy is almost indistinguishabl...

So, do we laugh or cry ?

The Times, as it occasionally does, today ran a column critical of Israel's settlement policy . It concludes, No one step by Israel woul...

How many times should I expect to read a moronic assertion such as, The attacks on John Kerry's military service in Vietnam were politi...

In today's Guardian, a columnist suggests that an incident in Italy, when an immigrant drowned while rescuing an Italian swimmer , could...

When I was in Costa Rica, one of my tour guides for a sea kayaking trip was a nice young lady who recounted that she could no longer fly in ...

In today's Times, there is an editorial defending charter schools despite their mediocre performance as compared to public schools: And...

Hot air, or inside information? George Will today writes about what he sees as a continuing war in Iraq , concluding with, [The U.S. presenc...

While, thanks to occasional editorial coverage , a small but presumably growing number of people are aware of developments in Darfur, the wo...

In an unsigned editorial (and who would want to sign it), the Washington Post presents a rather peculiar essay on economic growth . What cou...

Although the case can be presented in a much more compelling manner, today's Times editorial on "conservative" judicial activi...

So a group called "People of Color United" is running attack ads against the Kerrys: Another ad attacks Teresa Heinz Kerry, who, ...

In most criminal prosecutions, civil lawsuits aren't a significant concern for the prosecution. As criminal prosecutions almost always i...

Kerry has reportedly promised to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq by next August . Under pressure to offer a clear alternative to US Preside...

A friend of mine with a long military background commented on the new government policy of giving snipers the authority to select their own ...