political philosophy

Republicans are continuing to do things the Nixon way. That's why they seem stupid. The mistake made by otherwise-smart people...

To Republicans, from the hoariest milblogger to the highest-ranking candidate, compromise is akin to surrender. To them politics is war,...

Most analysts who watched President Obama today derided the Lincoln comparison, claiming we face nothing so large as what he...

Obama is falling behind the national mood and the reason is Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel's background was in Clinton's compromises, which...

The vulnerability of the right is not political. That threat lies in the business model. The business models of every...

This should be a Clue to everyone in the media. Read some history, see the pattern. Stop pretending that Bush-ism...

Welcome to the new era. Welcome to the Obama Thesis of Consensus. Let's take a look inside and see how...

We stand, in fact, on a mountaintop. And if there are other mountains before us we are experienced. We will...

Seen solely as cinema, as drama, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is no longer that bad. It dealt with questions...

Our nature has devils in it as well as angels -- primogeniture, racism, class war, fear, arrogance, and ignorance. By...