The fact that it's a Guest Essay in the New York Times . The fact that they're casting themselves as the wise and far-seeing ...

UPDATE:  Thank you all for the guesses.  No, I didn't write this in the 1980s or 1990s, because while I did think such things and s...

Allow me to remind our Beltway media once again that as long as refuse to use the special glasses they will never understand how complet...

" Atlas Shrugged : A Thousand Pages of Bad Science Fiction About Sock-Puppets Stabbing Strawmen with Tax Cuts." -- driftglass...

File Under: "What did Paul Ryan know about Ayn Rand and when did he know it?" If you are unfamiliar with the name "John...

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy It is helpful to remember that Paul Ryan is every bit as b...

Mittens feeds the beast. From the AP: AP source: Romney picks Ryan for running mate NORFOLK, Va.—Republican presidential candid...

If it returns, it was always yours. Or something. You know, whenever Andrew Sullivan drops a few too many tabs of Rancho Reagan Shinola and ...

Juan Williams... ...by day, straight-arrow member of a venerable institution fighting a rear-guard action against a sinister and secretive ...

For the last 80 years, on the anniversary of Black Tuesday, a mysterious woman in black has been seen leaving three roses and an empty bottl...

Republican House Candidate Art Robinson goes all-in with the new GOP "Embracing Your Inner Maniac" strategy. So who is Art Robinso...

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully an...

will always find ways to prosper in difficult times.