Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
Check out this display of one-handed typing by Rich Lowry:
I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, “Hey, I think she just winked at me.” And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she [...]

Yes, Tina Fey is awesome, but the guy who plays Biden in the debate skit deserves major love. The peroration on Scranton is superb.

By Thoreau
Tina Fey is awesome.

By Thoreau
Greenwald documents how a pr0n producer whose films depicted simulated beatings is going to jail, while the people who brought you real, actual beatings and torture are sitting comfortably in DC, facing zero threat of legal sanctions. (Thanks for taking impeachment off the table, Pelosi!)
The solution to this problem is eminently simple: [...]

By Thoreau
I don’t blame the troops. I really don’t. I don’t like what they’re being asked to do, but I recognize that most of them joined up at the age of 18, after a lifetime of being told that what the military does is crucial to our freedom. They get a version [...]

I think it was Michael Kinsley, 25 years ago, who said of course Republicans in power are going to lead to deficits. A budget in balance or surplus represents government collecting taxes from rich people to fund its functions. A vudget in deficit represents government paying rich people interest (on bonds) to fund its functions.