Nov 2 2009

The Scozzafava Scandals

Ordinarily, I dote on every word writ by Rich Galen, cybercolumnist extraordinaire, proprietor of Mullings, my favorite non-blog blog (neg-blog?) Alas, I think he has really gone off the Newtonian end on the NY-23 race.
In today’s Mullings, Rich writes the following:
The Conservatives nominated a guy named Doug Hoffman who does not live in the [...]

Jul 1 2009

Paul Rahe: Obama’s tyrannical ambition

We have invited political historian Paul Rahe to write something for us on the themes of his timely new book Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect. Professor Rahe writes:

President Obama has one distinguishing feature. He is a man of rigid self-discipline. Politicians are a lot like actors: they tend [...]