I can remember back when pointing out that the abuse of hermeneutics — that is, institutionalizing an incoherent system of interpretation — would lead, inexorably and inevitably, into a brand of tyranny and totalitarianism policed by some motivated political consensus and a will to power — was both “fundamentally unserious” (what was serious was getting McCain/Romney elected!) and “pseudo-intellectual,” despite what I’m fairly certain is a more advanced study of

Words can’t express my utter shock.  Well, unless the words were “yawn” and “duh”: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Monday released a report that finds President Barack Obama and other top Democrats encouraged the IRS to investigate conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. The report says this encouragement from the White House shows that the IRS targeting scandal was rooted in politics, and is not the result

… Lindsay Lohan is still drunk and Miley Cyrus is still flashing body parts … They just can’t help themselves. Describing lawmakers and pundits who deny manmade climate change as a “fairly serious threat to everybody’s future,” President Obama on Saturday called for less debate and more action in combating warming trends. […] Speaking at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Obama compared the scientific problem of curbing climate change to that

To Jeff, to all the dads here at PW, to dads everywhere, to dads still with us and in remembrance of dads who are not – – the responsibilities and obligations you take on are formidable and sometimes the recognition of the importance of what you do isn’t what it should be. But even if gratitude is delayed, it is there. Love, too.

Isn’t this precious? Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service informing the Committee that they have lost Lois Lerner emails from a period of January 2009 – April 2011. Due to a supposed computer crash, the agency only has Lerner emails to and from other IRS employees during this time frame. The IRS claims it cannot

When you step into the voting booth, remember what Mitt Romney thought of bringing our troops home from Iraq: pic.twitter.com/M5n6nEQu — OFA TruthTeam (@OFATruthTeam) November 5, 2012 Heck of a job, Barry! President Obama urged Iraq’s leaders Friday to “solve their problems” as they face Al Qaeda-inspired militants overrunning cities and marching toward Baghdad — but said he was reviewing possible U.S. military responses. Obama, speaking on the South Lawn

Her Inevitability is not amused by less than adoration.