I’ve been expressing some sympathy for President Obama these last several days. He does, after all, have to put up with the Republicans, for whom I have no sympathy at all. But, as Dahlia Lithwick has recently reminded us, the guy does have his faults. In a recent article in Slate, Dahlia brings us up…
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Clueless Candidate in a Pantless Bar
Missouri Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder probably wishes he had kept his mouth shut last winter when he ran into former Penthouse Pet (circa 1992) Tammy Chapman at Verlin’s Bar and Grill in St. Louis, supposedly known for “pantless parties.” But he didn’t, and now Tammy is opening hers, saying that Pete, who had known…
Joo-Heon Kim—“Think of One”
Monk in Korean. Piano: Joo-Heon Kim, Bass: Chang-Hyun Kim, Drums: Hong-Gie Kim. Posted by heonkim80.
“Why isn’t he on ‘The View?’”
That’s what Jon “Pretty Boy” Huntsman’s wife has been asking Big Jon’s campaign staff, according to this long, long article in Politico, which probably just destroyed what’s left of Huntsman’s campaign. Newt Gingrich must be thrilled to know that there’s someone out there more dysfunctional than he is, while Mitt Romney, if he doesn’t die…
Thoughts on the current discontents
What’s happening in the Middle East? Damfino. Robert Darnton thinks it’s 1789. Ann Applebaum thinks it’s 1848. If Ann’s right, things ought to be pretty tight all around the Mediterranean around the year 2150 or so. Take that, Caesar Augustus!1 But what about the home front? Well, I had hoped to comment on Obama’s State…