Dick Polman
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Obama and Iran: The upside of talking to adversaries
The president was talking to America’s enemy, extending his hand in the interests of peace, and the war hawks were going nuts. One ...
10 years ago
As Hillary’s foe, is Martin O’Malley for real?
For a few seconds the other day, it appeared that a Hillary Clinton challenger was actually bestirring himself. Martin O’Mal ...
10 years ago
Getting a Reid on the latest right-wing rumor
Hey, didja hear about how Harry Reid got beaten up by the Mafia? Supposedly? Those hideous facial injuries, that bandage over his ...
10 years ago
Indiana update: Pence digs himself even deeper
Let’s stick with the Indiana gay-hate saga, for at least one more day, because the plot continues to thicken (and sicken). T ...
10 years ago
Pence defends gay-hate law with evasions and bluster
Anyone happen to see Mike Pence yesterday, struggling to defend Indiana’s “religious freedom” law? The new law, blessed ...
10 years ago
Indiana tells gays: ‘Buzz off, according to God’
Indiana made ignominious history yesterday. Gov. Mike Pence, a potential ’16 presidential aspirant, ...
10 years ago
Raging about Bergdahl, rinse and repeat
Here we go again, with the conservative entertainment complex in high dudgeon about Bowe Bergdahl, and the fact that the Army sergeant wa ...
10 years ago
Ted Cruz and why he’s born to lose
Carnival barker Ted Cruz is destined to entertain us many times during his preposterous presidential bid – and sure enough, just tw ...
10 years ago
As always, Barney was very Frank
No matter how you feel about Barney Frank (and no doubt you have an opinion), surely we can all agree that he has lived quite a life. His ...
10 years ago
‘A woman’s place is on the money’
I generally avoid watching CNN, lest I be informed via unconfirmed rumor that a missing Malaysian plane has collided with Harrison Ford. ...
10 years ago
Most voters don’t give a hoot about Hillary’s emails
If you were wondering whether Hillary Clinton’s emailgate had damaged her standing with Democrats and the general electorate, check ...
10 years ago
Prime Minister Bibi (R-Israel) and the new partisan divide
It’s a good thing for Republicans that Bibi Netanyahu won his race. Had he lost, where else would they find a Strong Man? Se ...
10 years ago