Dick Polman

Obamacare and the crisis of incompetence

What is it with second-term presidents, anyway? Nixon supposedly knew nothing about Watergate, Reagan professed to know nothing about Ira ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Can Robert Costa save the conservative media?

Robert Costa, the best journalist in Washington during the Republican shutdown, is rightly bemused about his soaring celebr ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Job protection for gay people: The next GOP test

Who could possibly oppose the idea of protecting gay people from workplace discrimination? But you already know the ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Chris Christie’s craven Sandy pander

On TV today, Chris Christie got the requisite question about his future, and he gave the requisite response: “You nev ...

11 years ago

National Interest

JFK, the myth and the mystery

Kennedy mania has resurfaced yet again, this time to mark the impending half-century anniversary of JFK’s assassination, and you ...

11 years ago

National Interest

The plane truth about wasted taxpayer money

Oh man, what a mess: A botched design, squabbling contractors, lousy administration oversight, computer glitches and delays, taxpayer mon ...

11 years ago

National Interest

The fainting conspiracy: Paranoids unite!

Let’s revisit Richard Hofstadter, the noted historian who, half a century ago, ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Will Democrats take back the House in 2014?

The buzz du jour decrees that the GOP, by dint of its wanton behavior, will cough up control of the U. S. House in ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Obama’s embarrassing website, in perspective

It was eerie yesterday, watching President Obama play pitchman-in-chief for Obamacare. Yes, he said, the government website launch has be ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Mitch McConnell, civil war metaphor

On TV yesterday, Mitch McConnell fashioned a noose for his own neck when he ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Introducing Senator Cory Booker (D-Twitter)

Cory Booker is only the fourth African American ever to be elected to the U. S. Senate, and he’ll soon be the sole elected black in ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Republicans surrender (big shock), peace reigns (for now)

Well, that was fun. Fifteen days of needless national misery – reduced corporate earnings, uninspected foods, mass fu ...

11 years ago

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