That is, to the extent it’s possible. Take solace in family and friends and know that you won’t be alone in your sufferings. It’s barely 8:45 am here, and I’m already drinking. Take that as a sign. Also, I’m going to leave this post here as an open thread of sorts, for when we get the announcement that, naturally, the GOP has folded on the “fiscal cliff crisis” just in
December 31, 2012
December 31, 2012
NYT Op-ed: “Let’s Give Up on the Constitution”
So argues Louis Michael Seidman, who, as is routine with progressives from Woodrow Wilson onward, is gracious enough to keep the parts of the Constitution he likes, but bemoans the very checks and balances that serve to protect individuals from the government, and deny temporary demagogues the power to affect enormous sudden systemic change. He also (predictably) ignores that the Constitution contains an amendment process, a strategic rhetorical bracketing on
December 31, 2012
This is gom jabbar [McGehee]
In the comment thread to this post I brought up Dinesh D’Souza’s 2010 book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage, which D’Souza touts as a theory of Barack Obama that works. It does, in my opinion, do a very effective job. But in responding to this comment by Pellegri this morning I realized I’ve already been touting a theory of not only Obama but the progressive Democrats he leads, that also