Billy Paultz Reconsidered

Michael Kinsley blasted the bulls-eye on Iraq in Slate last week. He does that sort of thing a lot. Monster paragraph:
“And consider how modest the administration’s standard of success has become. Can there be any doubt that they would go for a reduction to 100,000 troops—and claim victory—if they had any confidence at […]

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One problem with Hillary’s “experience” argument vis-a-vis Obama is if she was running against Joe Biden or Chris Dodd (or John McCain), you’d never hear the word come out of her mouth.
But, as George Will points out today, that’s not the only problem:
“Nothing, however, will assuage Clinton supporters’ sense of injustice if the upstart […]

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If Mike Huckabee’s wife blowing into Vegas for a boxing weekend and staying at Hooters doesn’t make you proud to be an American, I just don’t know what to tell you.

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Right after I shut down the computer last night, MSNBC went to a panel including Joe Scarborough, who said people shouldn’t be critical of the punditocracy getting the Hillary thing so wrong because it was like sportswriters predicting the Yankees would beat the Red Sox (in the 2004 ALCS) after having a 3-0 lead.
Ugh. This […]

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Watching the New Hampshire primary coverage…. Ron Paul knows he can’t win, so instead of blathering nonsense about how hard his people worked in his “concession” speech, he’s actually using the forum to talk about issues.
Either I’m nuts or it’s the libertarian in me or both, but I like the dude….
We had an interesting conversation […]

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The Eagles had fewest takeaways in the NFL (which is at least partly luck), the fifth-toughest schedule in the NFL, the worst special teams in the NFL (easily addressable), their quarterback wasn’t remotely healthy until about week 12, their coach was dealing with a family disaster, and they went 8-8. They’re not as far off […]

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Minneapolis is the second-coolest city in the Big Ten (to Chicago, which might be the coolest city in America), so I was disappointed when the Golden Gophers dropped off Penn State’s schedule this year and next.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been. I’ve driven over the bridge that collapsed horrifically there a few weeks back, and I’ve […]

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It’s getting to be that time of year, but today was  dense one by any standard:
1. Dubya “reluctantly accepts,” the resignation of his pathetically overmatched attorney general, continuing a glorious tradition of patronage and cronyism gone horrifically bad. (See today’s other post, headlined “Gonzo”)
2. Michael Vick formerly enters his plea, then makes a reasonably effective apology statement. […]

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The Phillies just beat the Pirates 11-6. They had 16 hits, six extra-base hits including two home runs, one of them a three-run homer. They had one meaningless sacrifice and no stolen bases. Twice they had the man-on-second, nobody-out situation and tried to make the stupid baseball play of the hitter giving himself up to move the runner […]

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seem to have their bullpen straightened out (3.09 ERA since July 1), one wonders if the offense, brilliant all summer, is starting to struggle.
The guy who pitched Tuesday for Washington, Hill, was terrific, but the Nats looked just OK on the mound to me tonight. Lot of bad at-bats lately by a lot of the guys […]

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