Confessions of an economic blowhard
He's back. Just when I thought things could not get any more weird on Capitol Hill, "Joe the Plumber" showed up. Yes, fresh from his recent adventures as an amateur...
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An ‘Obama’ pick for the right?
Here's a bonus to the election of Michael Steele as the Republican Party's first black chairman: His election ticks off the bigots in the party's knuckle-dragger wing. "To hell with...
The GOP and the audacity of nope
We don't often see politicians celebrate a loss. But when your party happens to be on the outs with the voters, you claim your victories wherever you can find them....
Obama vs. Limbaugh,audacity vs. ideology
Now that he doesn't have George W. Bush to kick around anymore, President Barack Obama is taking on the talk-show hosts. That's Rush Limbaugh's impression, and he's sticking to it....
Is black the ‘new black’?
Some compliments are hard to take. Take, for example, Larry King's announcement a day after President Obama's inauguration that it is now "in" to be black. In fact, the ageless...
Great expectations
Irony is hard to define, but you know when you don't see it. Irony is the gap between ideals and reality, the gap between expectations and what happens. It was...
Obama can learn from Bush’s errors
OK, How many of you are going to miss the George W. Bush years? Can I see a show of hands? There is little question that President Bush became an...
Drug war next door
Before you venture into Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, brace yourself to hear Texans tell you that you're crazy. Visiting friends in neighboring El Paso, Texas, a few days before Christmas, I...
The transformations of Roland Burris
Roland Burris, known to have an inflated view of his own wonderfulness, has said he believes "divine providence" destined him for high office. I'm beginning to wonder. Seldom in political...
Another trauma for Obama: Youth crime
As if President-elect Barack Obama doesn't have enough waiting for him at the White House, a new juvenile violence report offers something new for him to tackle: the color of...