A lot of people see the filibuster as another antique oddity, like the Electoral College — or your appendix — that ought to come out. But there are

(From my Facebook page…)

The world is being led to the brink of nuclear war by a commander-in-chief whose idea of diplomacy is tweeting that his ICBM-armed opponent is short and fat. If we survive, and if we try to restore our…

I think it’s too bad that Dubya is in such trouble on so many fronts that no one recognizes the potential brilliance of his Administration’s hand-the-ports-over-to-the-Arabs gambit.
 I mean, think about it: Actually securing all our ports and stuff…

Northeast Public Radio, reported today on growing opposition to the proposed permanent Border Patrol presence in Hartford, Vt. (see earlier post, ‘The Whiteness…

When he died late last month, William F. Buckley Jr. had lived long enough to see — if not to admit — that the movement he is credited with creating, post-WWII American conservatism, had become a monster.
In 1955, when Buckley used his father’s money to create the National Review, he