Bats Left/Throws Right

Haley Barbour, Sarah Palin, Mitch Daniels, and Herman Cain, "If I were campaigning for president…". December 30 I' M NOT su...

R OY Edroso has a has a blog. . David Weigel has a job with the Washington Post Corporation. Go on, see which one speaks plainly and reaso...

R OY: When the dust settles I'm afraid it'll be Romney with a briefcase and a fountain pen, trying gosh-darned hard to get America t...

Jindal tells Iowans that Rick Perry is the best choice for the GOP. A ND I'm indebted to Halloween Jack for pointing out the picture abo...

O UR story so far: in the 1920s the Indiana Klan took over state government. It's often noted that the Indiana Klan--which separated its...

Andrew Bacevich, "The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq marks the end of American supremacy". December 16 S O the wingnuts are growing ...

I' M NOT big on encomia--some of you may've already tumbled to that--but I think the recently deceased should, for the most part, be...

• Point Of Order: If We're Going To Declare The War In Iraq Over, Shouldn't We Declare War On Iraq First? Or, If We Were Going To ...

Ross Douthat, " 'Strong Commentary' on the 2012 Election Consisting of Restating What George Eff Will Just Got Done Saying...

Ross Douthat "Professor Gingrich vs. Professor Obama". December 10 O NE thing that can be said for Douthat, or at least for his ...

George Eff Will, "Ron Paul, spoiler?" December 9 S O the "conservative" intelligentsia is disconcerted by Newt Gingric...

David Brooks, "The Gingrich Tragedy". December 8 T AKE my lunch money. Please: Of all the major Republicans, the one who comes c...