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Nixon's dark shadow 27 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of man? The Shadow knows!" So do the recording devices in the White House, it now is clear. Those tapes, which led to the resignation of then-President Nixon,...
Conservatism’s cool quaternity: Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman Jr. 27 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
"I’d rather be dead than cool." — Kurt Cobain Nikki Haley (R) should be preparing her passport to visit Israel. When she wins reelection as governor of South Carolina, the presidency will at once app...
The Ted Cruz birther problem 22 Aug 2013 | 09:28 pm
Let's see if every Republican, Tea Party advocate and rightist who raised the birther issue against President Obama will publicly state that Ted Cruz should not run for president because his dual citi...
Queen Hillary, King Jeb: America’s descent into monarchy, Part 2 21 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
My piece here last week declaring that America’s desire to be governed by family cultures, particularly those from Massachusetts and New York, represents in all but name a return to monarchy brought s...
The secrecy conundrum 21 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
Retired Army colonel and historian-scholar at Boston University Andrew Bacevich has an intriguing take on the current conversation about secrecy. “Thanks to a couple of tech-savvy malcontents, anyone...
The West is the best: Is Jerry Brown the anti-Reagan? 19 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
Afraid of Hillary Clinton, like Michael Scott, regional manager of Dunder Mifflin in "The Office"? Fear appears to be her biggest draw. But Anybody But Hillary may bring others. My best suggestion, ....
A-Rat (A-Rod) dished the dirt about dope, says '60 Minutes' 17 Aug 2013 | 01:58 am
In my column this week I praised Hollywood star Matt Damon for his principled progressive politics. Damon is a model for what celebrities can contribute to public life. On the other hand, we have th....
GOP decision to drop networks only tunes out voters 16 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
This morning, representatives at the RNC Summer Meeting voted not to work with NBC and CNN during the 2016 presidential election. Prompting this decision are documentaries on Hillary Clinton each netw...
Bitcoins, the Boston Bruins and the free state of Texas 15 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
Before you buy a bitcoin you should recognize that its logo is almost identical to that of the Boston Bruins. Was this intentional? Hard to say. I’d ask, but I can’t find them. As I understand it, t....
Remembering Jack Germond 15 Aug 2013 | 05:41 am
Jack Germond was one of the best political reporters of his time, and as he said when I interviewed him as he watched the 2008 election from the sidelines, "I was a reporter for 50 years, getting paid...
