From my piece in the Ventura County Reporter, available here, on Eliza Gilkyson. This fascinating folk-singer had some tough words for the neo-cons: “When we elected the neo-cons, I think we all expected that they would be able to keep the balls in the air a little longer than they have,” she said. “I thoughtContinue reading “Eliza Gilkyson on the Incompetence of the Neo-Cons”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Quote of the Week
From the ever-marvelous Joel Achenbach: There isn't one pundit in America — not one human being, for that matter — who could have predicted that a black man would run for president in 2008 and would wind up being called an arugula-eating, passionless elitist who doesn't know what it's like to be a plumber. WeContinue reading “Quote of the Week”
The Closed-Door President
Has this ever happened before in American electoral history? President Bush is so unpopular that he has not appeared in public in a single event in support of a Republican candidate this election year. According to CBS News: Not once this year has President Bush appeared in public at a campaign rally for the RepublicanContinue reading “The Closed-Door President”
Why Sarah Palin Needed a $150,000 Makeover
According to Federal election campaign records found by Politico, Sarah Palin has spent over $150,000 in the last two months on clothes and hair styling, including $49,000 at Saks Fifth Avenue and $75,000 at Neiman-Marcus. (By contrast, the most Hillary spent on clothes in her long campaign was $3,000.) Why so much? Maybe this pictureContinue reading “Why Sarah Palin Needed a $150,000 Makeover”
Drill Baby Drill: The Truth according to Tom Toles
Toles reveals all:
How Paul Wolcker Helped Obama Foresee the Meltdown
An absolutely fascinating piece in today's Wall Street Journal reveals why Obama was so prescient about the housing crisis. In brief: When he was still a longshot candidate, long before the first primary, he met and impressed Paul Volcker. Volcker was chief of the Federal Reserve back in Reagan's era. For years Volcker's reputation hasContinue reading “How Paul Wolcker Helped Obama Foresee the Meltdown”
Global Warming Quote of the First Millenium
We can change our skies but not our nature. –Horace [Found this in a recent book of fiction, so I can't reference it. Nor can I find it on-line, as of yet. But it's so good I am going to read into Horace and look for it…how could he have known?] Pic from sumthingdifferent onContinue reading “Global Warming Quote of the First Millenium”
Good News Friday: Global Warming Lessening Santa Ana Wind Conditions
Don't have time to get into the nitty-gritty of the details today, but here's the gist: a team of researchers at UCLA led by Professor Alex Hall is reporting that anthropogenic global warming is reducing by about one-third the pressure in the Great Basin that builds every year and leads to dangerous Santa Ana windContinue reading “Good News Friday: Global Warming Lessening Santa Ana Wind Conditions”
Inside, Outside, and Giggling at the GOP Bubble
Inside the GOP bubble: DRUDGE POLL WHO WON THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?… MCCAIN 74% 103,957 OBAMA 25% 35,541 NEITHER 1% 1,785 Total Votes: 141,283 http://polls.eproof.com/78.jsOutside the GOP bubble (via TPM) In the CBS poll of undecided debate-watchers, 53% say Obama won, only 22% say McCain won, and 24% say it was a tie. The CNNContinue reading “Inside, Outside, and Giggling at the GOP Bubble”
Conservatism Loses Its Head
From an intriguing Los Angeles Times op-ed this Monday: In the early 1960s, writers at William F. Buckley Jr.'s National Review knew that conservatism, like all political movements, needs a head as well as a heart. In a confidential memo, Frank Meyer, the National Review's leading theorist, made distinctions between the "establishment of responsible leadership"Continue reading “Conservatism Loses Its Head”
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