Buh bye, Helen Thomas. Screen door, and all that.

Well, perhaps there is hope for the grand old republic.  Apparently it’s still possible to say something so vile that you’re run out of town no matter what your politics. Helen Thomas, 147, was forced to retire today.  (Here I was thinking she’d been gone for decades.  Didn’t Darth Vader throw her down the Death … Read more

“James, quite frankly, we’re not often confronted with people that want to insist on giving money back…”

Remember James O’Keefe, the fellow who made the ACORN videos that ultimately ended that organization’s federal funding?  His latest is to get a job with the Census Bureau and to try to record his time accurately. But no one will let him.  Everyone insists that he must be paid for an hour or two or … Read more

Gently waltzing the vote

I haven’t particularly strong feelings about anyone running in Alabama’s primaries today other than my friend Frances Taylor, and she’s not running in my district.  Sure would like to see her go to Montgomery, though. Still, I voted on the way to work.  (I had to show a photo ID, which made me feel threatened … Read more

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