Moral clarity on Egypt
From 2005, when there were many more adults in the White House than there are today: I love Dr. Rice. I miss an executive branch that doesn’t have to “evolve” its responses.
Politics
State of the Union!
I’m live-blogging it! Right. As I type it’s about a half an hour out. I just took a look at what is purported to be a transcript, and it’s nearly 6,800 words. That sounds really, really long. Some of it even sounds reasonable! (That none of those parts can be plausibly resolved with anything The … Read more
Gunmen kill one, wound six in Sunday shootings; Tea Party rhetoric must be calmed
A woman was shot and killed, and two sheriff’s deputies were wounded, outside a Port Orchard, Washington Wal-Mart yesterday. Four Detroit police officers were shot yesterday. All are expected to survive, thank goodness. If nothing else is clear from these tragedies, this is: we must work immediately to stop the incendiary right-wing political rhetoric that … Read more