I am one of the least known, yet most vociferous members of the Anti-Ryan Club, which is led, more or less, by Paul Krugman and Jonathan Chait. As both Paul and Jon will tell you, Paul Ryan will say and do just about anything, as long as it allows him to maneuver himself into the…
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Ben Sasse, Wall Street Tool
Nebraska Junior Senator Ben Sasse recently posted “AN OPEN LETTER TO MAJORITY AMERICA”, bemoaning the fact that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump offers what the American people—the real American people, the folks down at the WalMart—really want. When ole Ben finally gets tired of patting himself on the back for being the fine, down…
What Hath Trump Wrought?
Which is more decadent, Donald Trump or the Annual Gala of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York? Okay, trick question, because there is no wrong answer. But putting the Donald in perspective does take some work. Yet the sources of the Donald aren’t hard to find: the stumblings and…
Hey, George F. Will! Stop making sense!
Yes, much as I hate to admit it, George F. (“F as in FREEEEEEEEKY!!!!!”) Will, perhaps my all-time piñata/bête noire, has a point in his latest screed, “Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism”, because that’s exactly what’s happening. I’ve previously complained about the utterly meretricious suit brought by a…
The Wrath of Krauthammer
It is a truism among big-time journalists that you always sell the same piece three times. It is a fact of human nature that we enjoy pissing on our enemies. And it is thus a double pleasure for me to take another poke at one of my favorite hypocrites, Charles Krauthammer. Charles Krauthammer is not…
What Bernie Sanders still doesn’t get about arguing with Hillary Clinton? No, what Bernie Sanders still doesn’t get about arguing with anyone.
Bernie Sanders is getting some flak for getting all “Hey! Man talking, Lady!” on Hillary’s ass during last Sunday’s debate, but, really, it wasn’t a sexist thing. It was just a Bernie thing. Bernie talks to everybody like that, because Bernie lives in Bernieland, where he’s been living his entire life, where he’s right about…
Trump chic and other assorted crimes
Over at Slate, Scots-Irish hillbilly for a day Reihan Salam thumps his chest with pride at his sly affection for Donald Trump, who is speaking up for the common man, or at least the common white man: “he is speaking for millions of Americans who’ve lost faith in the political process.” Well, yes. He is…
Why isn’t the Fed omniscient? Conservatives want to know!
The Federal Reserve caused the Great Depression. It also caused the Great Recession. Why? Because it couldn’t predict the future. That’s the late Milton Friedman’s explanation for the GD, and it’s now David Beckworth and Ramesh Ponnuru’s explanation for the GR, “It took a bigger shock to the economy [than the decline in the housing…
Charles Krauthammer truly surprises me, for a full ten column inches
Yes, he does. For ten column inches (maybe twelve!) the K-Man coolly and calmly rebuts every single criticism Republicans have made over the recent U.S./Iran prisoner swap. It’s too good to last, of course. Charlie quickly goes off an extended rant about the lifting of long-standing sanctions on Iran consequent to the nuclear deal and…
Zany, rambling Jennifer Rubin, wakin’ up in the house that Krauthammer built
Hilarious, unself-conscious self-parody from Jennifer Rubin who denounces “zany, rambling” Sarah Palin and Donald Trump for being as kooky as, well, Jennifer Rubin. Like David Brooks, Sarah has decided that unscrupulous demogaguery is only a good thing when it helps the Republican establishment. Sorry, guys. You built the monster. You’ve always had blood on your…