September 20, 2007 – 12:13 pm
From Salon’s Bush’s stairway to paradise: “In his unstoppable commentary about himself, Bush has become as certain of his exalted place in history as he is of his policy’s rightness. He projects his image into the future, willing his enshrinement as a great president. History has become a magical incantation for him, a kind of [...]
February 23, 2007 – 12:18 pm
From The Presidential Candidates on Iraq: “The war in Iraq is, as expected, one of the threshhold issues of the 2008 presidential election. A look at the candidates and what they have said on various aspects of the issue.”
February 21, 2007 – 10:57 am
From Black President More Likely than Mormon or Atheist: “A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist.” Looks like my chances of being elected [...]
April 25, 2006 – 01:49 am
According to Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s fantastic editorial in the Washington Post: “In February 1848 Rep. Abraham Lincoln explained his opposition to the Mexican War: ‘Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say [...]
April 12, 2006 – 11:27 am
TomPaine.com(mon sense) takes a look at the likely Democratic presidential-hopefuls in 2008 and concludes that they look strikingly similar to those who ran in ‘68.
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