Romney this weekend: “It seems that Europe leads Americans in this way of thinking,” Romney told the crowd of more than 5,000. “In France, for instance, I’m told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the [...]

And so, in the continuing tale of woe that is the Republican Party’s search for a savior who can lead it back to the Promised Land of electoral success, Bob Novak has pronounced Fred Thompson lacking in that essential quality any would-be GOP savior must possess — Ronald Reaganness. It would be tempting to slag [...]

With Sunday’s elections, conservatives are suddenly … discovering … they … love France.

Just finished reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, a strange, haunting, slightly creepy and entirely memorable book. And it occurred to me that ever since 9/11 I’ve been reading an awful lot of novels by middle eastern authors. In fact, five of the last six novels I’ve read have been about the region, which [...]

Meet the new boss, same as… “A surprising number … who watched the entire 90 minutes still could not recognize the candidates. I said it was a shame they didn’t put the names on the screen.” [snip] The Republican debate next week features the same 90 minute, 10-candidate lineup as last week in California. South [...]

Ana, please cut Sally Quinn some slack. It can be very hard to see when you are wearing a gas mask.

Barack Obama is black. No, seriously, he is. Washington Post is ALL OVER this story. Almost makes you long for the days when he wasn’t black enough.