Barking Rabbits

Here are a couple of stories from Talking Points Memo about an incident that I doubt will ever show up in the big time MSM . The San Diego...

From the NYTimes : “I disagree with the idea that this shows problems for the modern Republican Party,” said Grover Norquist, the president ...

That’s the headline today at Talking Points Memo . TPM also outlines the history of this weird episode, from his gone “missing”, to his “hi...

It’s the outrage that counts. It all about being able to be on television, casting as much criticism at President Obama as they can. That...

(Because blogging is international, I would like to make plain that the country I am referring to in the title is the United States of Ameri...

This is from the Washington Monthly . Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington o...

I haven’t written much of substance on this blog for over a year now. I used to write some fairly lengthy posts that took some thought and ...

From the Seattle Times: By The Associated Press RICHLAND — Workers cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation are going after radioactive w...

Here's a blog entry at Washington Monthly that gives an overview. Isn't it odd, though, how everyone can really wring their hands a...

A point brought up by Tom Tomorrow in his latest cartoon (see here ) is one that I have thought of many times in the past. I find it absolu...

From Washington Monthly : Two leading voices of the Republican Party's evangelical wing visited Rock Church [in Hampton Roads, Virginia]...

I suppose it is stuff like this that bugs me the most about Republicans and conservatives these days. They think they are brilliant when, i...

I remember. It seems like that was pretty much how the Republican Party saw the world in the first eight years of this decade. Man, you sa...

O.K., sure, there are conservatives out there who have values they live to and do not lie to “win” cheap points off their sworn enemies. Bu...

I really don’t know what to make of the new Subaru commercial . You may have seen it. Some guy is lovingly “retiring” his old Forrester by...

In their eyes, she can bring down a triceratops by herself with nothing but a stone ax, clean it and then roast up the best parts into a tas...

It’s true! At least, it is true according to those nice people who run Jerry Falwell’s Liberty College. From Washington Monthly : Liberty ...

This is now kind of an old story, as things go these days. I haven’t gotten around to posting about it, but it is something I felt like I s...

From cracked.com , here is part of a post called “6 Evil Henchmen Who Sucked at Their Job”. Go check out the entire thing . Henchmen are an...

I’ve wanted to write a post about the daily revelations coming out about our use of torture for a few days now, but I just couldn’t really f...

No, they’re not going to change their positions on anything or actually acknowledge they have ever been wrong. I am referring to the fact t...

I find this fascinating. At least from the ivory tower, “this is really how it should work” perspective, you would think policy debates in ...

You know the one I am talking about. The one where you are in college and you realize you are WAY behind and there's no way you are goi...

"Oh, my God. President Obama didn’t mean that I was going to the Republic of Georgia. He meant Georgia! I am going to Atlanta! As i...

Photo from Whiskey Fire .

From Talking Points Memo : GOP Turns To Former Bush Aides For Communications Advice The Politico reports that the House GOP conference is br...

Here’s Michael Steele, via Balloon Juice : Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appealed to the political middle Friday to ...

In this case, I am talking about the term, “checks and balances.” All of a sudden, Republicans are worried about Democratic control of the ...

- The people who run airports seem to be under the impression that every single person waiting for an airplane must be able to see and/or li...