Sure, George "The Cleveland Clobberer" Steinbrenner was kind of battered when he emerged from the empty elevator that famous day in 1981 in Los Angeles, but you shoulda seen them other guys. No, really, you shoulda -- 'cause nobody else ever did."As De... »
Former Chinese Communist Party hot shot Bo Xilai and his apparently even more crooked (and suspectedly homicidal) wife, Gu Kailai, in Beijing in 2007"For much of the last decade, while Bo Xilai was busy moving up the ranks of the Communist Party, and e... »
It was more true when I was living in Europe, but even here, "student rates" were always a great deal for struggling students-- especially for getting into museums, public transportation, cinemas... But, like with so many good things, the conservatives... »
No, the "D" on President-in-waiting Willard Inc.'sstylish headgear doesn't stand for "Democrat.""[Last week's] Ohio speech was a perfect illustration of the way the Romney campaign is banking on amnesia, on the hope that voters don’t remember that Mr. ... »
Grab your hanky: there’s another rich Silicon Valley-type feeling “disenfranchised” by the system. Stacey Lawson, a candidate in California’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District which runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, is trying ... »
I knew Florida state Rep Scott Randolph's name because he was Alan Grayson's campaign manager. Grayson told me "he was the mastermind behind our 2008 victory." But the last time-- before this week-- he was in the national spotlight was in March of 2011... »
The story about the Nazi Party getting its own lobbyist in DC probably looks weirder to anyone who hasn't read Ken Silverstein's hilariously brilliant book about the shocking corruption inherent in DC lobbying, Turkmeniscam. Otherwise Rachel Leven's re... »
When President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel, and Prime Mininster Cameron no longer have this other guy to deal with, they may be, um, a little surprised by his replacement."President Romney looked at the German Chancellor carefully, up and down. 'I'd say... »
If you haven't already gotten and read Chris Mooney's two latest books, The Republican War On Science and The Republican Brain, I hope you at least watched the video of him explaining "The Science of Why They Don't Believe in Science" that we posted la... »
Earlier today I was extolling the virtues of Chris Mooney's two excellent books, The Republican War On Science and The Republican Brain. But perhaps they would have been more accurately named if they were called The Conservative War On Science and The ... »
It will be ironic if his Mormonism beats Willard instead of his mammonism! Now that he's officially started ignoring Santorum and has, in effect, won the Republican nomination, the old question comes up again: will his devotion to Mormonism be lethal t... »
"[C]ontributions from parties with an interest in legislation are really nothing but bribes. Sure, it's legal for the most part. Sure, everyone in Washington does it. Sure it's the way the system works. It's one of Washington's dirty little secrets-- b... »
Tuesday's big winner in MarylandMaryland also saw a little tryout for the next Senate race, when Barbara Mikulski won't be on the ticket for the first time since 1986. Many envision Mikulski being replaced by not just another woman, but by the first Af... »
Many Republicans, like Eric Cantor, pick up the disease early in life. This was from his high school year bookWednesday morning I watched John McCain get up on the Senate floor and scoff at young people who had to live in their parents' basements and s... »
During the current long drawn out Republican primary season-- obviously planned down to the tea by David Plouffe-- a normal reaction would be to wonder, what serious person votes for any of these freaks? And that's not a frivolous question-- although g... »
