That Dog Will Hunt: Bill Clinton’s Big Gift
Sean MurphyThe Big Dawg was unleashed, and boy was Bubba barking last night. Employing his best Arkansas drawl, he connected in ways that no president --of either party-- has been able…
Right Turn, Clyde: Unwinding Clint Eastwood’s Epic Fail
So...where were you during Clint's convention meltdown? Am I wrong in presuming this will become one of the great unfortunate, unintentional defining moments of an American icon's life? First and…
Newt, Not The Onion
Someone has needed to pull a Josey Wales on Newt Gingrich for a very long time. It turns out he can do it just fine himself, thank you very little.…
The Power of Magical Thinking: Reflections on Reagan
Part One: Fact The fortieth president turns 100 and a religious cult (also known as the Republican Party) can't name buildings after him quickly enough. Is there room for Reagan…
Some Day A Real Rain Will Come: What Travis Bickle Can –And Cannot– Tell Us About Tucson
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and it remains one of the seminal moments in movie history. Not so…
Waterloo This
I love the smell of health care reform in the morning. Smells like victory.
The Hope of Audacity
Question: How many GOP staffers are looking for new jobs after agreeing to let the cameras roll during Obama's smackdown at the Republican Retreat Q&A today? (Answer: hopefully, none; if…
Dead Man Walking
Abortion is a woman's choice? Homsexuality is not a choice? What on earth is a high profile Republican doing make comments like this, in public? There is absolutely no place…
Beyond Good and Evil or, The God that Failed
Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away. Obit from Washington Post here. His story, self-made millionaire who gives away his money to the needy and actually…
Send in the clowns
What happens when you've jumped the shark and thrown up everything and the kitchen sink? Call a plumber, of course. Joe the Plumber advises GOP-ers. No, really. The more I look…