A life at the end of history
Posted in Politics on 3 November 2008
Race and slavery are America’s original sin. The election of Obama would be, beyond question, one of the noblest gestures of historical redemption that Americans have ever been called upon to make. — Martin Kettle
America is standing yet again at the crossroads. The nation did so at its beginning, during the Civil War, and during [...]
Posted in Politics on 29 October 2008
Last night’s Daily Show (4:10 in) featured a montage of Sarah Palin’s recent rallies, in which she refers to the friends of Joe the Plumber.
Speaking to supporters as if they were five-year-olds, Sarah the Paleo sounded like the twee host of a kiddie show. And the supporters cheered as if they were delighted toddlers. [...]
Posted in Politics on 27 October 2008
How else is McCain going to win? Threatened with the biggest wipe-out since that other Arizona Repuglycan, Barry Goldwater, lost damn near every state, McCain has had to throw every fear ‘n’ smear tactic in the books at Barrack Obama. So far they haven’t worked. But wait, didn’t he just guarantee an election victory?
Was that [...]