“We’re not going to be able to do anything about any of these entitlements if what we do is characterize whatever proposals are put out there as, ‘Well, you know, that’s — the other party’s being irresponsible. The other party is trying to hurt our senior citizens. That the other party is doing X, Y, … Read more
I’ve talked about what I call “red meat” political posts before. They’re fun to write. Generally I think of a zinger or two I’d like to use. That can be a fully-formed sentence that pops in my head, or it can be as simple as two words together I like the sound of. Then I … Read more
Few days pass that I don’t hear some lament, from one quarter or another, about the horrendous state of political debate in the United States. We’re talking past each other. We’re using deplorably hostile language. We’re ignoring that there is so much more that unites us than divides us. We’re more interested in winning the … Read more