Taking the pulse of the GOP race this morning we find: Michelle Bachmann is now her party's frontrunner in the race to be the next President of the United States. And while you let that thought marinade in your brain juices for a moment, consider that barring her total implosion, she will remain the...
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This post was written for the Des Moines Register Political Opinion Page. Yeah, so three months and no posts. I don’t have much to offer in the way of an excuse really. Work has certainly been a factor. But more than anything it has been a combination of a numb depression at the direction...
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Certainly the first three months of 2011 make it seem like all the subtle changes in our economies and societies that have been slowly happening underfoot have suddenly let go, just like the pressure along a fault line can release decades of pressure in a few minutes. But despite all of this, I'm...
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President Obama did what president’s are asked to do in these kinds of situations; to transcend politics and speak to the larger spiritual and community issues that while not political per se, inform our politics. He exceeded all expecations tonight. This was a speech on a subject that has been begging to be given...
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The plea will go up among many of those guilty of these incitements that, "No reasonable person would ever have taken our rhetoric seriously." And they are right. Reasonable people don't take anything most of these people say seriously. They are fundamentally unserious (pun intentional). But reasonable people don't...
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From the Des Moines Register Politics Blog: “Carthage Must Be Destroyed.” During the Third Punic War, the Roman statesman, Cato the Elder, was said to have inserted this phrase into every public speech he gave, regardless of whether he was speaking of the war with Carthage. Thus, the Latin phrase, Carthago Delenda Est has...
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Nichole Gelinas at The National Review makes a couple of good points about how markets can help price oil production externalities. But this is nowhere near a comprehensive solution, nor is it any argument against other policies designed to influence demand for oil. Full Post Gelinas makes a good point. But this is hardly...
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Yes, I am still out here. My real job has been keeping me crazy busy. But I look forward to busting out some postage after the legislative funnel this week and of course covering Round 2 of live, televised pwnage of the GOP next week by the President. Also, next week I will be...
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I’ve got a busy week scheduled at work. Most of my writing efforts will be focused this week on live-chatting/blogging the State of the Union Address Wednesday over at the Des Moines Register. I also have a 9:30 p.m. deadline for analysis of the speech to be published in Thursday’s paper. So, this is...
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I’ll be “hosting” a live chat at the Des Moines Register on the prospects for the upcoming legislative session today from Noon to 1 p.m. Why not grab a sack lunch, log in and heckle from the cheap seats? I’ll be joined by Art Smith from “On The Right” and “centrists” Steffen Schmidt and...
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