by Terrance Heath | Apr 2, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
In 2010, Christopher Beam reported that Rep. Paul Ryan (WI, R) required his congressional staff to read Ayn Rand's Objectivist tome, Atlas Shrugged (now a major motion picture). Ryan has made no secret of his admiration for Rand's philosophy, and has cited her as "the...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 19, 2012 | Blog
Republican presidential wannabe/spoiler Rick Santorum has said a lot of crazy things. And I mean a lot. His latest, however, may take the prize. Not satisfied with being a leading voice on climate change denialism, Santorum is trailblazing new ideological territory:...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, I wrote that Mitt Romney will have a long, humiliating road to the GOP convention. Michael Tomasky has detailed the stops along and humiliations along that road, and it's not pretty. He predicts Romney may end up with enough delegates to win the nomination,...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney's plight, after his third place finishes yesterday's primaries in Mississippi and Alabama, remind me of a lyric from an old Supreme's hit: "You don't really love me, you just keep me hanging on." Like two halves of a bad relationship, Romney keeps hanging...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney is down South, trying to win votes in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries. So, I will respond as a Southerner to Romney's announcement that he won't be enrolling in Medicare, because he's worth $150-to-$200 million and doesn't need it: Well,...
