Speaking ill of the dead? That’s what Literature R Us is all about! At least some of the time. Both former Senator Robert Dole (R-Kansas) and Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt are recently deceased and are the recipients, appropriately enough, of numerous well-deserved encomia, here for Bob and here for Fred. But I’m…
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More short takes
Fred Hiatt wants to make sure you know he’s a COMPLETE idiot Well, he does. “We knew who Trump was but elected him anyway. We can’t impeach him for that.”, writes WashPost editorial page editor Fred, ignoring the fact that “we” didn’t elect Trump, the Electoral College did. I myself am opposed to impeaching Trump,…
Political notes from all over
Maxine Waters is 1/536th as obnoxious as Donald Trump, Republicans admit Well, they would if they had any honor, which of course they don’t. Yes, Maxine has an affection for conspiracy theories, and, furthermore, she is a black chick who doesn’t act white, which in conservative circles is an unforgivable sin. Yo, Maxine! Get a…
Tom Nichols is looking for work! And the Washington Post is helping him!
Tom Nichols, in case you don’t know him, is a professor at the Naval War College and the Harvard Extension School and the author of The Death of Expertise. Last year, Tom fired off a snappy little piece in The Federalist titled “I’ll Take Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump. As Tom tells it, that was…
News on the Right: the Splinters Splintered!
Okay, only by a generous stretch of the imagination (mine) is the Washington Post “on the right”, but in fact the Post’s editorial page has been aggressively “neocon”, bordering on Likudist at times, what with George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Richard Cohen, Jennifer Rubin, Anne Applebaum and Fred Hiatt ramping up the room in favor of…
Cognitive Dissonance at the Washington Post
Last week, the Washington Post bitterly, and correctly, chastised the entire flock of Republican presidential candidates for their conduct at their most recent debate for remaining very largely mute while Donald Trump went on his now-standard war dance against folks who ain’t like us, and the Constitution, not to mention simple common human decency, be…
It’s “President Obama,” Mr. Hiatt
Yes, in Washington, DC, the preferred honorific for the president of the United States is “President” rather than “Mister,” something that Mr. Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor for the Washington Post, is evidently yet to comprehend, judging from a recent Hiattian rant, entitled “Despite Mr. Obama’s ‘engagement,’ Cuba continues its repression,” complaining that the president…