I admit I was a little skeptical, but that’s more because of my skepticism of high-level diplomacy and all its meaningless trappings.  Pretty much anything Obama could receive credit for is still in kind of an embryonic phase.  And maybe it’s a bit premature in Obama’s presidency–as this particular laureate still has great potential to [...]

You just can’t make stupider shit up.  Suddenly, the idea that Bush was actually a liberal is gaining currency.  You definitely don’t see teabagging birthers lamenting the loss of their once dear leader, and while Dick Cheney’s out there throwing gears into things, Bush has basically been clearing brush.
Basically, conservatism has become two things.  First, [...]

It’s always been a little creepy to me the way that people seem to think George W. Bush orchestrated or knew in advance about the Sept. 11 attacks.  (I mean, duh, it was Dick Cheney).  The same people who believe (and rightly so) that Bush is an incurious ass magically endow him with startling presence [...]

I began downloading the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast because a blogger I read regularly said it was among the best out there.  It’s only 15 minutes long and comes out every Thursday.
I think it’s shit.  Writers like Ryan Lizza and George Packer sound much more smug and condescending when moderated by editor Dorothy Wickenden—herself [...]