06 May 2012

It's not so funny when you start to think about it

›
. . . and realise just how accurately it describes the state of our democracy.

Yawn . . .

›
This evidently comes as a surprise to people . Who ever could have guessed such things go on in the halls of power ? Meanwhile, back ...
18 April 2012

Wanker of the decade

›
Congratulations, Tommy - no-one deserves the honour more than you .
07 April 2012

"The legal opinions have grave weaknesses"

›
So, belatedly, a memo is now in the public domain . In truth I can't understand why this makes much of a difference. Okay, yes, per...
31 March 2012

Unravelling

›
Thoughtful essay from Edward Luce . The money quote: In daggers-drawn Washington, Democrats and Republicans have been able to agree only on...
29 March 2012

Abiding genius

›
. . . I continue to wonder at how he gets away with it . . .
21 December 2011

Oh, Tommy . . .

›
You really should have kept your trap shut . You really have nothing to say about Iraq that has any credibility , unless, perhaps, it's...
02 October 2011

We're getting closer to the day . . .

›
. . . when someone actually writes a book about what actually happened during the Bush administration . I hope I live to see it.
29 August 2011

Just like ancient Rome

›
Paul and his whining : Mr. Perry, the governor of Texas, recently made headlines by dismissing evolution as “just a theory,” one that has “g...
24 August 2011

Finally . . .

›
Someone makes the connection : "If James Murdoch was giving his lecture this year," Thompson writes, "I'd suggest he amen...
17 August 2011

Best Fiscal Policy Proposal Yet

›
To end our long-term fiscal crisis I'm with Paul. I, too, believe that our only option is commence sub-orbital hostilities against the...
13 August 2011

Go back to law school

›
Ain't it the truth - commentary on the 11th Circuit travesty from an always-thoughtful commenter on TPM : I'm a lawyer. It's ha...
09 August 2011

About that debt crisis, what can I say . . .

›
Obama's people just can't understand what happened . If only someone warned them !
10 July 2011

Save the Fair Maiden

›
Courtesy of the BBC today , Rupert inform us of his that his top priority is his red-head at the helm, as opposed to fully cooperating with ...
09 July 2011

I hate the fact I didn't write this

›
Yes, News International is a "Good" Empire : . . . I'm over the moon about that the Culture Secretary is about to make News C...
08 July 2011

Profound Insights by James Murdoch

›
James Murdoch today : "These allegations are shocking and hugely regrettable." Yes, James, deleting a murdered school-girl's v...
07 July 2011

I wonder when the penny drops . . .

›
. . . and it occurs to people, the media, the politicians and the police, that if you consider the incremental timeline of events leading up...
06 July 2011

Getting kind of ridiculous now

›
On the whole, it's probably safe to say that the UK's Press Complaints Commission appears not to have performed up to par . But, wh...
04 July 2011

Ideally, it should be game, set, match

›
And I'm not talking about Wimbledon. I'm talking about the spectacularly ill-advised pending complete takeover of British Sky Broad...
05 June 2011

The continent, too, wants in on the train wreck

›
I suspect Keynes isn’t very popular in Germany. For all I know they never heard of him. Angela Merkel appears to be either unimpressed or un...