The Flame Represents Bad Things You Shouldn’t Touch
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pmMy former roommate just sent along this article, about the state of the GOP.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The only bright spot in the nation’s capital…
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Why Didn’t Google Go Back in Time to Protect President Bush’s Feelings?
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pmYou remember back in The Dark Ages when George W. Bush was president? You Googled “miserable failure” and President Bush’s White House biography was the…
Damon v. Kristol
By Jesse Singal - Jan 28th, 2009 at 1:29 pmFrom the Boston Herald:
Bill Kristol, a conservative columnist, said he’ll gladly debate Hollywood leftie Matt Damon, who called him “an idiot” in the Miami…
Flipside Conservatism
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 27th, 2009 at 5:22 pmI’m starting to think conservatives have it backwards. Ta-Nehisi Coates highlighted this article arguing that President Obama is conservative:
Because progressive commentators depict Bush as…
I, For One, Welcome Our New UN Overlords
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 27th, 2009 at 10:40 amI was pleasantly surprised to see that Janet Napolitano has chosen Jane Holl Lute, currently the head of peacekeeping operations at the United Nations, as…
The Times Looking for a Slightly Less Embarrassing Conservative Voice
By Jamelle Bouie - Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:21 pmNow that Kristol is done, it’s time for idle speculation as to who will replace him as the The New York Times‘ designated conservative. In…
Ding-dong, the [Wizard] is [Out of a Job]!
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 26th, 2009 at 1:45 pmAs Daniel noted, William Kristol no longer writes for The New York Times.
The Washington Monthly puts it best:
“His columns combined the three worst…
The End of a Bad Era: Kristol Leaves the Times
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pmLike the end to the nightmarish presidency his column often cheer-led, Bill Kristol’s time on The New York Times editorial page is officially over. I…
Joe Scarborough Not Getting Any Less Irritating
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 pmCheck out Ben Craw’s clever juxtaposition in the first half of this video between President Obama and Morning Joe got me wondering: Now that Obama’s…
Damning with Faint Praise
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:38 amRight now a lot of people are looking back on George Bush’s presidency and debating whether it was the worst presidency in American history (it…
Yup, 24 is Conservative
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:07 amI’m ashamed to say as of late I’ve been watching a few episodes of 24. It can’t be said enough how conservative the show is.…
I Never Expected Much from The Weekly Standard
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 19th, 2009 at 1:02 pmI never expected much from The Weekly Standard: a dash of jingoistic tripe here, a slap of archaic cultural conservatism there, the kind of intellectually…
Back, and To the Left
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 15th, 2009 at 6:01 pmIf Jonah Goldberg wants to promulgate asinine conspiracy theories, he should really just come out and say so rather than dancing around the topic with…
Obama’s Journo Jam Sessions
By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:39 amPresident-elect Obama made waves this weekend by attempting to have a seemingly clandestine meeting with a group of well-known conservative journalists. The gathering took place…
George Will Teaches Vocab
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:10 amThe substance of George Will’s latest column is not especially remarkable–had you heard that judicial activism is evil and that Jerry Brown is an vicious…
