1. Ross Douthat writes that Walker’s victory in the Wisconsin recall election indicated that “November 2012 will just be one battle in a longer war, and the outcome in Wisconsin suggests that the edge in that war currently (and to some extent unexpectedly, given the demographic . . . . Continue Reading »
Got Some Truth! Emphasis on the some. Being against Carter in 1980 was an easy step. A number of rockers got the political jitters towards the end of the 70s—Bowie famously suggested, under whatever mix of drugs I know not, that Britain might need a fascist strongman, and even Paul Weller, as . . . . Continue Reading »
HBO tells us “You Don’t Know Jack,” referring to Jack Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino in HBO’s recent movie of the same name, or as some might call it, a hagiography of Dr. Death. Kevorkian came to notoriety in the 1990’s as a leading advocate of assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »
An American Life by Ronald Reagan Simon and Schuster, 748 pages, $24.95 President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime by Lou Cannon Simon and Schuster, 948 pages, $24.95 First, a confessional note. Like many other Americans, I originally became aware of Ronald Reagan as a political figure during the . . . . Continue Reading »
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