Dick Polman

The trolls assess the Gettysburg Address

Today marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which framed our national aspirations in less than 300 ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Thanksgiving with the Cheneys

“The holiday turkey sure looks grand this year,” Dick Cheney said. “Why don’t we go around the tabl ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Sabotaging court nominees and dissing democracy

At the recent memorial service for Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley, former Republican leader Bob Michel talked nostalgically about how ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Presidential lying: A history primer

Presidents sometimes lie, as evidenced most recently by Barack Obama’s you-can-keep-your-plan doozy. But where does his lie rank in ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Comparing the lies about Obamacare

How about this for a deal: If I acknowledge that President Obama lied when he repeatedly stated that everyone who liked the ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Chris Christie: Straight talker or inartful dodger?

If you buy Chris Christie’s depiction of himself as a no-bull straight talker who Sez What He Means ‘n’ Means What ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Conservatives go mum about bogus Benghazi story

The apology (such as it was) surfaced at the tail end of the broadcast last night. 60 Minutes, having just been bu ...

11 years ago

National Interest

The ’13 elections: A small step to the left

To those of you who think America is a center-right nation, I now offer a partial corrective. We may indeed be center-right on the fiscal ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Even big business is fed up with the tea party

For the latest dispatch from the GOP’s uncivil war, we take you now to Alabama. Because there’s no way we can fully unpack Tu ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Will the GOP learn its election night lesson?

Based on the election results in New Jersey and Virginia, the Republicans have stark choices going forward: They can nominate candidates ...

11 years ago

National Interest

The dish on Chris Christie, served up cold

Chris Christie is clearly poised to ...

11 years ago

National Interest

LAX shootings: Just another ‘random’ day in the USA

It was such a relief to learn that the alleged L.A. airport shooter wasn’t a swarthy al Qaeda guy with an unpronounceable name, tha ...

11 years ago

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