Bats Left/Throws Right

And: If conservatives today are supposed to feel guilt (versus shame) over the historical record of conservative cowardice on segregation, t...

S HEESH, it's like a garden.  You can sweat into the ground all day (I don't, but you can), dry and put away the tools, get a good n...

I  HOPE by now--since you can't possibly come here for news --you've seen, via D. Aristophanes of the Sadlynauts, Kernfluffle II tu...

• Obama admits reference to Auschwitz was wrong WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama admitted on Tuesday he was wrong to say his un...

W HAT Roy said. It really cannot be that difficult to note each May that Memorial Day is a day to honor the fallen, not the merely hobble...

Y ESTERDAY I genuinely imagined I'd explained that "The President is Commander-in-Chief in time of war " thing, then realized ...

1) David Brooks, "I'm A Geek, Dammit, Not A Nerd": At first, a nerd was a geek with better grades. The word described a high-s...

S UPPOSING that public opinion led by a skeptical Press did "lose" us the Vietnam War, just what do you propose to do about it?

• There's this guy. His name is Matt Tully, and he's the political columnist for the Indianapolis Racist Star. Got the job around...

Matt Bai, "The McCain Doctrines." May 18 I N keeping with yesterday's theme ("US History: It Looks A Lot Better If You...

Matt Bai, "The McCain Doctrines." May 18 The problem with these narratives is that neither reflects the context of the time. As ...

Bill Kristol, "McCain Exceptionalism." May 19 I F you're old enough, like I know I am, you can remember, roughly, the poin...