I’m dismayed by the number of people who seem to think that being “folksy” is a good qualification for a presidential or vice-presidential candidate. Being able to connect with people is one thing. Using slang, bad grammar, and incorrect pronunciations for common words is something altogether different. Comedians and television writers get damned good mileage [...]

I read a article today from The Washington Post’s E. J. Dionne Jr. about how Republicans are divided about the McCain/Palin ticket, which he attributes to a number of different causes. That aside, he also made the following statement. Conservatism has finally crashed on problems for which its doctrines offered no solutions (the economic crisis foremost [...]

I just watched a video on Fox News of a Sean Hannity interview with McCain and Palin. It had its share of the usual claims that you would expect from either party’s candidate during a campaign, so that was no surprise and was expected. Both McCain and Obama regularly make claims about the other that [...]

My wife and I watched the entire debate last night and I felt a little bit disappointed. It was like watching a NASCAR race without a crash or a hockey game without a fight. Biden kept his loquaciousness under control and Palin didn’t make any Couric-esque blunders.

In an editorial by Sam Harris, this passage really struck me. Ask yourself: how has “elitism” become a bad word in American politics? There is simply no other walk of life in which extraordinary talent and rigorous training are denigrated. We want elite pilots to fly our planes, elite troops to undertake our most critical missions, [...]

I just read this editorial today and found it very interesting. It’s in English, translated from Norwegian. God as Denial of Responsibility Editorial criticism is the only place where religion and politics should meet.

A great example of classic “I am above the law” political shenanigans. Troopergate probe appears to be unraveling Though I’m sure both sides partake in this type of nonsense, the Bush administration has perfected it in the last 8 years. It looks like Palin has jumped on that bandwagon as well.

Yesterday my wife stopped by the barbershop and, while she was in the chair getting her hair cut, an older man walks in and starts a political monologue while he’s waiting. I’ll be nice and just say he was a “conservative,” but his most memorable comment was… How ’bout that Sarah Palin! Boy can she handle [...]