Month: August 2012
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“Sarge” Got Married — Now the Web Goddess and I Are Step-Grandparents!
On a brilliant sunny Saturday afternoon in Bremerton, across Puget Sound from Seattle, a handsome Navy petty officer and a lovely schoolteacher pledged to love and honor each other forevermore, as they became husband and wife. The Web Goddess and I were among the witnesses to the back-yard nuptials, and while my wife was taking […]
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What National Election? Electoral College Is the Only Tally That Counts
For better or worse, we don’t have national elections in America. We have 51 state elections. Occasionally this matters a lot — just ask President Gore about his half-million-vote "national victory" in 2000.
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“Strategy Change” Is the Silliest Liberal Meme About Paul Ryan’s VP Candidacy
No matter how much Obama partisans want to wedge Paul Ryan into a Sarah Palin narrative, Ryan will never become a target-rich environment for Tina Fey.
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Veepstakes: What a Difference Four Years Makes!
I continue to believe we have a ridiculous system for choosing a vice president. I’m just happy that this time, my favored candidate made a good choice.
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Even Dana Milbank Can No Longer Stomach Harry Reid
Long-time conservative piñata Dana Milbank comes down pretty hard today on the loathsome Harry Reid, he of “this war is lost” fame in 2007. It makes sense that Reid wouldn’t want to be questioned on the particulars of his outlandish accusation that Romney is the tax deadbeat of the decade. But those close to the […]
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RIMPAC! Or, Here’s Why It’s Dangerous Even to JOKE About Yelling “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
Don’t publish the sailing time of troop ships. No-brainer, right? But what if the publisher is the Navy itself?