The Case Of The Amiable Applicant

This week marked the more or less official beginning of the Al Franken Slightly-Less-Than-Three-Fifths-of-a-Decade (Saturday Night Live fans, at least those of 1979-era vintage, will recognize the reference) and it started in a suitably bizarre way. At the Senate...

Palin, Nixon, Power, And The GOP

In the Times of London, Daniel Finkelstein writes: There is no more eloquent statement of modern Republicanism than resigning office with time still on the clock. Mrs Palin has chosen to talk about power, rather than exercise it. She would rather write a book and give...

7.15.71

Thirty-eight years ago today, the White House asked the three networks to clear space in prime time for an important message from the President. The request appeared to come out of the blue, and there was widespread speculation regarding his intentions —would he...