Where has this Newt Gingrich been?
Newt’s been pretty good in these debates. Last night he turned transcendent: If he’d been this guy since September, where would he be now? I can’t recall ever seeing a standing ovation at a debate.
Language
Eat the rich, take 700
I have a dragnet out for reasonable people describing the complaints and goals of the Occupy Wall Street movement. If you know of such, or can provide such yourself, please fire away. I have so far concluded that it’s run-of-the-mill, predictably-stoked wealth envy and class warfare. (When The Nation is calling it the most important … Read more
Andy Rooney retires
Andy Rooney will make his final regular 60 Minutes appearance this Sunday night. And good riddance to a bitter, doddering old has-been. I used to like Andy Rooney a lot. My dad never made much effort to watch TV systematically—he was pretty much a “whatever’s on” guy—but he did watch 60 Minutes regularly, and everybody … Read more