Blog Archive: July, 2008

As we fight over individual issues in this election season, let’s not lose sight of the big picture. Unlike partisans, persuadable voters are not much interested in candidates’ specific issue positions. Issues don’t matter to them unless they are illustrative of a larger theme. Barack Obama has already telegraphed the only theme that John McCain can employ. What's the winning theme we can use? more »

Tight supply + high gas prices = good times for Big Oil. more »

Ignoramous Jonah Goldberg wonders what the sprinters what the Black Power salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics had to be so angry about.

School, brother Goldberg, is in session. more »

Your humble blogger finds Thomas Geoghegan the most important nonfiction writer in America right now. more »

JACKSON, WYOMING - The meandering 9-hour drive from Denver to Jackson Hole, Wyoming - which I completed yesterday - takes you through one strand of the Rocky Mountain West's sprawling oil and gas web. more »

At ten years old I learned that being black, and particularly being a black male, means being automatically held suspect — seen as a criminal or potential criminal, and treated as one, until proven otherwise. more »

If you believe this post, I can sell you a bridge. more »

A close reading of poll data shows that support for coastal drilling is not terribly deep, and pales in comparison to support for investment in clean energy and energy-efficiency. more »

Rush Limbaugh is a big, fat idiot.

Following on the "Obama will rape yo daughta" imagery of the latest McCain ad, blogger big girl eloquently observes, "I now have Rush Limbaugh telling me that the reason he gave his speech in front of the Victory Column was to remind everyone that he is black and has an enormous penis." more »