Here is the “fundamentalist-pagan-commie-Islamofasctist-Feminazi” bear (as mentioned by our commenters) that will teach our children about “bad” and “secret” touching. The Stick, on the other hand, would NEVER lead us astray. Oh, wait… UPDATE: This is what “Kelly Bear” has in store for our sweet innocents: Kelly Bear Teaches About Secret Touching Children learn the [...]
Our friend and former colleague, John Dickerson, has posted a story over at Slate analyzing the new Edwards campaign ad, in which Elizabeth Edwards delivers a testimonial about her husband. Dickerson’s conclusion — that Elizabeth obliquely references her family’s suffering to make a point about her husband’s toughness — prompted Elizabeth herself to respond to [...]
This story — or at least it’s shocking headline — is picking up some steam on the blogosphere: “Sex Ed for Kindergarteners ‘Right Thing to Do,’ Says Obama.” In fact, I’m tentatively scheduled to talk about it on “Hannity & Colmes” tonight, all of which makes me feel a little dense about telling the “rival [...]
I can’t understand why Harry Reid is refusing a vote on the Salazar-Alexander amendment. Granted, it’s a mushy, toothless thing, an endorsement of the Baker-Hamilton Report (including the provision that U.S. combat forces be pulled from Iraq by March 2008). But it did have a shot at the 60 votes necessary to put it on [...]
Muqtada al-Sadr, as the New York Times reports today. This certainly seemed clear to me from my recent reporting in Iraq. Sadr’s got the votes, from Baghdad south. My guess–my prediction, a few weeks ago on the Chris Matthews Show–is that five years from now Sadr or a Sadrist will be running a Shi’ite dominated [...]
