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If Only I Was Employed Here: When Gun Nuts Run Schools
The Harrold Independent School District in Texas has an innovative solution to school violence: more weapons on campus. The district Superintendent laid out a compelling case: "When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that’s when all of these shootings started. Why would you put it out there that a group of people can’t defend [...]
Continue reading...The Republican Party’s Idea of Work
7. August 2008
House Minority Leader John Boehner’s words: "Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act" Boehner’s deeds: But House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who hasn’t been seen in Washington these last few days. Thanks to my friend and colleague over at the Washinton Post, Ben Pershing, we now know why [...]
Continue reading...Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
7. August 2008
I wonder why Representative Rehberg and his colleagues in Washington weren’t concerned about the Congress doing its work in 2006, when they controlled the chamber. Charles Pope wondered the same thing back then: Something must’ve been lost in translation. How else to explain Congress’ decision to give itself a seven-day recess in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. [...]
Continue reading...The Dumbest Thing I Have Ever Read in a Major American Newspaper
26. July 2008
Andrew Klavan, you are the champion: Oh, wait a minute. That’s not a bat, actually. In fact, when you trace the outline with your finger, it looks kind of like . . . a "W." There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is [...]
Continue reading...You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me, Dave Rye
17. July 2008
The last time quasi-public figure Dave Rye said something incredibly stupid he professed ignorance that anyone could possibly find the remarks offensive. After all, he had just claimed that a Montanan who had given his life in Iraq wasn’t smart enough to have written an editorial criticizing the direction of the war because it used [...]
Continue reading...American Teachers Must All Speak French. They’re Teaching Us to Surrender!
3. July 2008
Maybe I am just channeling my childhood memories of family picnics and fireworks, but remember when the Fourth of July was a holiday to celebrate American Independence and unity? For one day, in the middle of summer, we could all put away the rhetorical knives and try to acknowledge that, despite our differences, we shared [...]
Continue reading...McCain facing lawsuit for misuse of public funds
27. June 2008
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has been catching a lot of flak for his decision to forgo public funds. It’s interesting that the mass media hasn’t mentioned McCain’s much more questionable ethics in terms of public funds. The DNC is, in fact, filing a lawsuit in the hopes of prompting an investigation of McCain’s use of [...]
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- Tester-Burns Debate
- A Somewhat Cynical Observation about Mansfield-Metcalf
- Montana's Max: Nutcakes!
- Dennis Rehberg: Master of the Oblivious
- Off to See Hillary and Obama
- Idaho Anti Wolf Coalition Falls Short (18)
- Blogs and the Media: Kemmick and Crisp (17)
- Tester-Burns Debate (14)
- The conscience of a liberal: why I am considering abstaining in the Iraqi War Referendum vote... (14)
- The Religious Right's Trump Card Exposed (13)
- Fixing Failing by Predetermining Passing
- Rehberg’s 14 Minutes and the Media’s Response: Which Was Worse?
- Some More Thoughts About Denny’s Stunt in Washington
- DHS now officially seizing and searching laptops
- NorthWestern Energy makes me sick
- I just lost my appetite
- McCain confuses Somalia and the Sudan
- Some Questions I’d Like to See Someone Ask Steve Daines
- Our Endorsements for the Democratic Primary: Bullock, Juneau, and Hunt
- Why Won’t Dennis Rehberg Vote to Support the Troops? To Protect People Who Make $500,000 a Year
15. August 2008
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