February 17, 2010
Well, frumps, we’re only about eight months away from Armegeddon mid-term elections and, already, the files are bursting with electoral analysis and pundit puffery regarding the possible outcomes of November’s Congressional Fight Club. Every day brings news of another retirement, another departure, another defection to K Street from the hallowed halls that, then, must be [...]
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February 14, 2010
Well, frumps, as some of you probably already know, every so often some bit of news from the magical kingdom of Ultra-conservative Christians catches my eye that is so profoundly perverse that it cannot be ignored. Many would (and do) argue that it is playing right into the hands of such publicity-seeking sociopaths to draw [...]
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Ninja Diplomacy
February 10, 2010Well, frumps, I must say that, for most of my life (for ever-evolving reasons) Sunday has been my least favorite day of the week – and this past Sunday did nothing to remedy my bias. My reasons for hating Sundays as a child revolved mostly around churchgoing and excruciating boredom; my generation of early boomers [...]