Sep 28, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Once again you’ve got to hand it to Maureen Dowd. Even in an otherwise uneven column like today’s, she can still come up with the kind of stinging snarkism that says all there is to say about the subject at hand: Who would have dreamed that when socialism...
Sep 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Apparently I wasn’t the only one to be a bit unsettled by the image of that long empty corridor behind President Bush in his too-little-too-late attempt to address the nation’s concerns about the careening economy. (What the President was really trying to...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
If appearances alone decided the debate’s winner, then John McCain won. His energetic demeanor helped dampen concerns that he is too old for the job. Obama, on the other hand, did not come across as the candidate of cool. His expression alternated between a...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In the Washington Post, economist James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas – who is not only one of the leading liberal figures in his field, but the son of John Kenneth Galbraith, William F. Buckley Jr’s eternal Firing Line antagonist –...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In their column today, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann lay down the “Morning Debate Line”. It’s pretty basic analysis but the Morrises pull it together very well. They clearly feel that Senator McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign has...
Sep 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
On October 2, anyone in the Los Angeles area who’s interested in paying the $100 admission can go to the Landmark Theater in West LA, watch the vice-presidential debate on a big-screen television, then enjoy some supplemental entertainment: a reading of the new...
