Here's my crackpot theory about Angry White People (TM), spurred on by the insane rantings of insane people like Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh, refusing to fill out the census. Follow my logic here: If you don't fill out the ...Read More

I haven't read the text of the speech, but my understanding is that during his first-day-of-school address yesterday, President Obama told the kids to work hard in school this year. It was one of those "That's right folks, I'm the ...Read More

Sarah Palin

[caption id="attachment_307" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="McCain/Palin"][/caption]I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds. Didn't get to sleep that night till the morning came around. I ran into the Devil, babe. He loaned me twenty bills. I spent that night ...Read More

In 2004, John Kerry had 252 electoral votes. At the present time, Barack Obama holds leads in all of those states, none of which seem likely to switch to the Republican side based on current polling. To reach the magic number ...Read More

Based on the latest numbers at Pollster.com, Barack Obama could plausibly win the following states in November: West Virginia Virginia North Carolina Florida What do all these states have in common? They were part of the Confederacy. For an African-American candidate to do that would ...Read More

This morning, on the way to work, I saw a guy driving a car with the following: A John Sununu bumper sticker An NRA bumper sticker A US Marine Corps bumper sticker A New Hampshire VETERAN vanity plate: GUNLVR Needless to say, this was not ...Read More

Here's a list of events for which Tommy Heinsohn should have done color commentary: Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings Svenllama's love life, 1999-2005 Super Bowl XLII The time my landlord told me that I needed a parking permit to park in the driveway Plessy v. Ferguson The ...Read More

Sinking in Polls, Giuliani looks past New Hampshire Oh, thank God. If he's invisible in Iowa and all but conceding New Hampshire, it looks like Giuliani Time might be coming to an end. Given the way the presidential nominating ...Read More

Consider some of the endorsements of dubious value in the presidential election: Hillary Clinton - OJ Simpson Barack Obama - Oprah John Edwards - Bonnie Raitt John McCain - Curt Schilling Mike Huckabee - Chuck Norris Chris Dodd - Paul Simon Rudi Giuliani - Pat Robertson Joe Biden ...Read More

Bush vetoes expansion of kids' health insurance program (CNN) Let's set aside for a moment the whole business of Bush finding hundreds of billion dollars to "fix" Iraq, a country that doesn't even want our help, yet suddenly turning into a ...Read More