In a bombshell announcement that has left the political establishment in upheaval, Fred Thompson announced his withdrawal from the presidential race today. His stunning move comes just as he was poised to sweep the remaining caucuses and primaries to become the Republican nominee and likely victor in November’s general election. His unforeseen decision leaves the [...]
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Fred Thompson Out, But Whither America?
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fred Thompson, The Next President Of The United States Of America
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fred Thompson has finally entered the race for the Republican nomination as an official candidate, and I just don’t think I could have held my breath any longer. The interested reader of 8 Dollar Days and some folks who might decide to google “sticks a knife in your throat man” will recall my endorsement of [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Next President of the United States of America
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on June 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It looks like Fred Thompson is going to run for president in 2008, and I’m going to go ahead and call the election for him since he has everything a successful candidate could want. Besides being a cigar-chompin’ straight shooter with a folksy manner–which is probably enough by itself–he’s obviously the most qualified. One look [...]
News and Views: The Woes of Wolfowitz
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on April 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is facing a potentially serious battle to keep his job over allegations of ethics violations. The Boston Globe writes:
Paul Wolfowitz encountered stiffening opposition Saturday to staying on as World Bank president amid allegations he showed favoritism in arranging a promotion and pay package for his girlfriend.
Despite his attempts to play [...]
What’s In A Name
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Everybody recognizes the importance of language in framing discussions and why struggles over policies or ideas often devolve into struggles over naming rights. I vaguely remember learning in an anthropology class about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis which proposed that the language we use describing something shapes our perceptions of it. Sometimes anthropologists can go overboard with [...]
Ask Machiavelli: Celebrating Godlessness
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently Rep. Pete Stark of California announced that he doesn’t believe in God, making a small splash among believers and non-believers alike. A spokesman for Concerned Women for America, for instance, stated that Stark and others were “celebrating–basically–godlessness,” which sounds to me like they don’t like it.
I have to admit that I can’t clearly see [...]
Good Neighbors Eat Dinner Together
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One time a heard a joke about President Bush being dimwitted. Yesterday, though, I heard him on the radio at his press conference with the president of Guatemala and I have to conclude otherwise. A reporter asked him a question he didn’t want to answer and so he dodged it by asking the president of [...]
The Looney Left is Still Looney
Posted in Pressing Political Questions on March 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I used to run with some kooky folks but the kookiest I ever encountered were some ageing Trotskyists from the International Communist League, more popularly known as the Spartacist League. They were plying their “news”-paper on campus when I was an undergraduate. I would talk to all sorts in those days. These guys (as well as [...]
