Just, wow. In the run-up to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, when it was not yet clear who Bush’s opponent would be that November, Rove and his aides had begun to fear that their most dangerous foe would be then-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. With his Southern base, charismatic style and populist message, Edwards, they believed, could be a real threat to Bush’s reelection. But instead of attacking Edwards,

There is something self-deconstructing about this post by David Neiwert. Can you spot it? People who talk about masculinity — especially conservatives, who seem to obsess about it, but in a peculiarly juvenile way — have always seemed a little weird to me. It’s like the cliche retort the wealthy like to use: “If you have to ask how much it is, you can’t afford it.” Masculinity is one of

Pattie Boyd burst into tears when she found George Harrison had died. “I know I should have refused, But I’m happy to’ve been their muse” I regret allowing myself to be seduced by Eric and wish I had been stronger. I believed marriage was for ever, and when things were going wrong between George and me I should have gritted my teeth and worked through them. And I wish I’d

Excerpt from Part 1 of The Day Reality Hit Home: In the end I reached the conclusion that 11 September had already brutally confirmed: there were other forces, far more malign than America, that lay in wait in the world. But having faced up to the basic issue of comparative international threats, could I stop the political reassessment there? If I had been wrong about the relative danger of America,

My son Brendan returned from his trip to Germany via Scotland, where he got to visit my mother-in-law, who’s a very bright lady of whom I’m very fond. Returning home, he announced on several opportunities that his views are more “Liberal” than mine. Personally, I have no problem with this, as he is 16 and it’s not my business, even as his father, to prescribe what he thinks. However, he