I must say that NPR has certainly covered themselves in glory once again after being tipped off by Roll Call’s gossip columnist Neda Semnani (who seems to be the TMZ of the “Washington Is Hollywood For Ugly People” set) that Lisa Simeone is an anarcho-syndicalist Verdi-humper. The voice behind two music shows heard on NPR affiliates [...]

Rita Diller is the National Director of American Life League’s Stop Planned Parenthood project, which is to say that Ms. Diller is highly invested in denying healthcare to other women because those women might possibly be caring  for their bodies in ways in which Ms. Diller doesn’t approve. As Planned Parenthood celebrates it’s 95th birthday [...]

Arthur Laffer writing at the Wall Street Comfort the Comfortable, Afflict the Afflicted Journal: The whole purpose of a flat tax, à la 9-9-9, is to lower marginal tax rates and simplify the tax code. With lower marginal tax rates (and boy will marginal tax rates be lower with the 9-9-9 plan), both the demand [...]

Mitt, we hardly knew ye… (via TPM)

In David Brooks latest he explains the good news, that Hard Times are making Americans into a grimly moral and introspective people given to thrift and self-denial as opposed to the frivolous life embracing people we once were who ran up our national credit cards on flatscreens,  the latest doodads from Apple, and the occasional [...]

Just when you thought the bloggerminions of Andrew Breitbart had finally broken the the “too stupid to breathe” barrier and mankind could go no further, another one huffs a can of Krylon, and “Breitbart Big Exclusive!!1!“: President Obama delivered his weekly address to the nation from Detroit, Michigan this week after visiting workers at a [...]

The other day we noted that Republicans seemed hesitant to give money to Herman Cain because: a) He doesn’t stand a chance in Hell of winning the nomination, much less the general election b) He’s a ….you know. You, know. [Subtly jerks head in Cain's direction. Waits. Gives knowing look of complicit understanding] c) Both [...]

Over at Hot Air, where she is auditioning for a future role as a Fox News fembot, Tina Korbe is very concerned that a teacher in Texas is forcing Texas-Murican kids to murder the English language (more than they usually do) and swear a blood-oath to abuela Mexico: In the name of educating students about [...]

Hall of Fame description of  Eric Cantor by Mr. Charles Pierce: Cantor has demonstrated a remarkable ability to combine complete ignorance of practically every major issue with the unctuous personality of a third-string maitre d’ at a fourth-string steakhouse. That’s going to stick.  

I can think clearly now:   ….. said the guy whose most memorable journalistic contribution to the 2008 campaign was his public declaration of a raging boner over Sarah Palin. Having said that, I’ll be back tomorrow with more invective, ad hominem and ad bacculum. I’m currently working on a post applauding President Obama’s recent [...]