View image | gettyimages.com This is Lake Oroville in California; the top photo was taken in 2011, and the bottom photo is from a few months ago. Maybe Jim Inhofe could send them one of his snowballs.
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Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
MSNBC and the Liberal Media Conundrum
View image | gettyimages.com Today was apparently time yet again for Dylan Byers, Politico’s media reporter, to do one of his monthly “MSNBC Headed Down Tubes; Big Changes Coming” pieces. I’m not going to bother going through the article to discuss the things in it that I’d take issue with, but it does raise this […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Conservative Media Should Be Tough on Republican Candidates
Hugh Hewitt (Flickr/Jeremy Vaught) When the RNC announced a few weeks ago that conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt was going to moderate a primary debate, many liberals ridiculed it as evidence that they wanted to shield their candidates from anything but softball questions. I argued that it was a good thing, first because the journalists […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Iowa’s Bootheel of Oppression Weighs Heavily Upon Us
Tyranny’s ground zero. (Flickr/Tumblingrun) Many years ago, when I was a fresh-faced lad eager to get my start in the political world, I worked on the presidential campaign of a certain recently-retired Iowa senator. While I was stationed in the frozen barrens of northern New Hampshire and thus didn’t get to experience the Iowa caucuses […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is the Outcome of the GOP Primaries Completely Predictable?
View image | gettyimages.com The 2016 Republican primary will be novel in a number of ways, but is the outcome also predictable? And if so, what does that say about all the attention we lavish on the campaign? I’m going to have a column in The Week either later today or tomorrow on this topic, […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Photo of the Day, Election Fever Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog, who hopes to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu, captured in a totally natural and not-at-all-awkward moment as he casts his ballot in today’s election. My favorite part is the security guy on the right-Israeli security guys all look the same, you can spot them from a mile away-thinking […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Chartsplosion: Defense Spending
Republicans are gearing up for a new push to increase military spending, one that will be justified on the basis that America’s military has been “hollowed out,” what with us spending a mere half-trillion dollars a year on wars and preparing for wars. Is there any truth to that argument? To help answer that question, […]
Posted inPaul Waldman
Photo of the Day, Not-Dead Strongman Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Vladimir Putin-or, if you’re of a certain bent, the actor portraying him-attempts a smile at his meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, the first time the Russian leader had been seen in many days.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Brief Note On Hillary Clinton’s ‘Ambition’
View image | gettyimages.com It would be hard for anyone to argue that male and female political candidates don’t get treated differently. While sometimes this can work to women’s advantage-they’re assumed to be compassionate and caring, even if they aren’t-most of the time the result is that women are asked questions a male candidate would […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Neocons Strike Back
Flickr/Gage Skidmore It’s been a while, so you may have forgotten just what a great time it was for the national security hawks widely known as neoconservatives back in 2002 and 2003. With the memory of September 11 still fresh and Republicans controlling the White House and Congress, there was little to stand in the […]
