As a founding blogger of BoB, humbly beg to report I am thoroughly disgusted at the recent narrowing down- and simpling down- of the subject focus here. Hilla should this, Barack should that.  The Dems this, the Dems that.  While my observations and transgressions in such areas are duly noted, the mashup of “engagement” and […]

During one of my previous lives as a “suit” I also knew William F. Buckley. I used to visit 150 East 35th Street (between Lex and 3rd) where NR had offices at a time shortly after I became disgruntled with the direction of Rolling Stone (which I wrote 1968-70,for believing it was the voice of […]

That’s the buzz from the tinfoil hats high atop Camelback mountain in area code 602. Not a scratch golfer like Dan Quayle but a couple weekends energizing the base at Talledega and Daytona will fix all that. Can you see this tough Texas girl telling Slick Willie to button his fly and stay out of […]

The abuses go on. Iraq is still deadly. There is conclusive, statistical proof from two independent think tanks that Bushco lied though their teeth to get us into the war. We’re teetering on a global  financial collapse, perhaps deeper and more complex than 1929. And what do our esteemed candidates and […]

John McCain is older than Ronald Reagan was when he ran for president in 1980. Even though it is less than politically correct to even mention that age might be a factor in influencing the outcome of a presidential election McCain’s military bearing can’t mask entirely his unscripted senior moments and he lacks the B-movie actor skills […]

What happens when the Bush administration puts a fundamentalist,philandering,corrupt doggie doc in charge of the security of the Rx drug supply of the world’s greatest democracy? Dr Les Crawford, a DVM, ran the FDA for his fellow Americans when the marketing for Vytorin, a high priced drug designed to lower cholesterol and reduce arterial plaque was rolled out.  Now, […]

In the midst of the discussion about the Bradley Effect and whether Hillary’s tears were contrived or spontaneous, the pivotal events march on by the minute. A couple of things: Bush is positioning himself as the savior of the Middle East and thinks he’s brokered a real Israeli/Palestinian peace accord. Is that […]

My interest in the Iowa caucuses stems from having lived there for most of two decades. I take mild offense at all the inbred-pig-farmer jokes made by people dissing the caucuses, although many of those same jokers are spot-on about the blinding cultural whiteness of the place. I’ve been to New Hampshire once in my […]

Quemoy and Matsu, the Spratlys, the Golf of Tonkin, and now this… how will it play in New Hampshire tomorrow?  Forget cheap, bad, actuarial driven healthcare for the masses.  Will the next “National Security President” please stand up.

Yo Fred…one more reason Huckabee is trending to be the Bushco-Rove replacement “decider”