The last Songbook post considered rock Fame and its relations to Celebrity and Honorable Ambition with plenty of help from political philosophy, and a little from ALMOST FAMOUS, too; moving back to the film (which is proving rich enough for, look out, two more parts after this!), this part will be . . . . Continue Reading »
The reviews of the Obama speech are getting more negative from both the right and the left. The president is all defensive, the claim is, in the Carter mode, and he was darn close to playing the hope-being-replaced-by-malaise card. And the whining! Nothing Obama faces is anything like the bloody . . . . Continue Reading »
So last night’s Obama speech got mostly mediocre-to-bad reviews. I’ll try to see for myself tomorrow and the polls that come out next week will give us some idea of what most people saw. At least as important as the Obama speech was the mediocre-to-bad jobs report. . . . . Continue Reading »
So these were the main points made by Biden in a very effective speech. He was all about workers and warriors. And, of course, the Democrats have suddenly noticed that Romney and Ryan neglected the warriors. I was right that Biden was worth keeping as the closest thing to a real guy on either . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at The Corner, David French asks ” Whither the Pro-Obama Evangelical?” In 2008, the media celebrated Mr. Obama’s gains with young Evangelicals after he doubled John Kerry’s numbers with Evangelicals under 44. His gains were most pronounced in the swing . . . . Continue Reading »
So I dosed off during Bill Clinton’s speech and woke up in the middle of Piers Morgan. So I got to see the rest of Clinton’s speech. AND: Piers incredibly effusive about the Democratic speeches. It was explained that the platform unpleasantness didn’t occur on “center . . . . Continue Reading »
This is impressive , because it is all about the state of the Democratic Party. The political unpopularity of the platform as it came out of committee has appeared to be a bit of scandal in the news, but I thought that was simply because I read more right-leaning news sources than . . . . Continue Reading »
My friend, former NLT blogger, Julie Ponzi, notes ” Tomorrow’s Democrat— Who Could Run in 2016 ” in National Journal . Is it interesting that this is already a topic, a matter of concern already? Hillary’s there, but at the end of the list, because no . . . . Continue Reading »
CHECK THIS OUT! It’s suddenly one of the best—and most complicated and informative—blogs around. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Spam has been infecting our comments section. One result is that some real comments have been getting lost. The authorities have been alerted and don’t think we hate you if something you said never appeared in the thread. Keep threading, of course! 2. Circulating among PORCHERS and . . . . Continue Reading »
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