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How Karl Rove killed Osama bin Laden

“Always attack their strengths, not their weaknesses” Those aren’t my words, they’re Karl Rove’s. Since he first slithered onto the national stage 40 years ago, this has been his trademark modus operandi – to ignore his opponent’s weaknesses, and go right for the throat by attacking their strengths. Starting in Texas in the early 1970′s, and [...] [...]

Beck’s Egypt conspiracy: when ignoring idiocy is no longer an option

Sometimes, I think, people’s insane babbling is so ridiculous that it doesn’t even bear addressing, but rather should just be dismissed quickly and quietly, lest its lunatic, baseless nature be given some credence and validation. “I won’t justify that with a response,” the old saw goes. Some years ago, I recall a talk show host [...] [...]

Faux News: News or Propaganda?

Much has been made lately of the supposed deliberate GOP political bias of Fox News Channel, whose detractors often refer to it as “Faux News” and describe it as a propaganda machine furthering partisan political interests. Two different memos that I know of have been leaked recently, one instructing folks this past year to [...] [...]

More lies and misleading rhetoric

Elena Kagan doesn’t “want to outlaw pornography” and Obama isn’t preventing BP from cleaning up the Gulf Okay, today there are several lies that should be addressed. The latest ones involve SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings just began (and USA Today predicts they’ll be loathsome, and just the sort of “vapid and hollow [...] [...]

Parker: Kagan’s not normal

Kathleen Parker, who up until now people have considered to be relatively sane and thoughtful, though of course she leans towards the right in her politics, demonstrates fairly obvious hypocrisy in her recent criticism of Elena Kagan (“Kagan is not like ‘normal’ people,” a recent column is headlined). I don’t know about you, but I [...] [...]