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Forgotten But Not Gone

He gives orderswhich no one hearsKing’s hat fits over their ears…–Eno I’m still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah…–Elton John You’re enjoying your dayEverything’s going your wayThen along comes Debbie Downer–The Debbie Downer Theme January 20 is a long way off. A certain overly proud man still stalks the halls in the White House, self-conscious under theContinue reading “Forgotten But Not Gone”

John McCain’s Base Base

Perhaps you‘ve seen it, the near-precise moment when John McCain lost control of his campaign. The scene is a now familiar one, the bogus “town-hall meeting.” He’s passing the microphone around like a decrepit Donahue, standing before a woman who starts by saying she “can’t trust” Obama; McCain is nodding along, intimately engaged for theContinue reading “John McCain’s Base Base”

Election 2008: Bile vs. Guile

Regarding George Will’s welcome broadside on the Straight-Jacket Express that Leon Hadar brought up over at the AmCon blog, even when Will’s right, he’s wrong: It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Some of us believe McCain is clearly unsuited forContinue reading “Election 2008: Bile vs. Guile”

The Falling Sky’s the Limit

It’s remarkable how shameless our political leaders are regarding their state of hysteria (of course it wouldn’t be hysteria if it wasn’t without shame and decorum) and not a little disconcerting, suggesting (but by no means proving) that their collective panic is warranted. Last Thursday’s convocation of politicians eager to impress upon the public howContinue reading “The Falling Sky’s the Limit”

Preparing and Pining for the Apocalypse

Looking for silver linings (figuratively speaking, though literally speaking silver and gold are good redoubts at the moment) and not finding any. The fascinating (and by fascinating I mean inducing the same kind of dread one gets when his doctor prefaces his diagnosis by enthusing on recent advances in treatment options) thing about the currentContinue reading “Preparing and Pining for the Apocalypse”