Archive for: July 2011

Dave Frasier writing at the Boise Guardian wrote regarding a potential Elliot Werk City Council that some sources see Elliot Werk running for Council for a good reason:
Here is how one tipster phrased it: “The only name I’ve heard …

Editorial Note: It is rare that my interest in politics and my fiction writing interest intersect. However, the current political debate provided inspiration for this satire about a family intervention with a beloved Uncle with a serious problem.

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My friend and colleague at Pajamas Media Clayton Cramer explained why he believes Republicans shouldn’t nominate Mitt Romney. Put simply, the Democrats will make hay of Romney’s Mormonism in order to win the election:
I can guarantee you that once …

In light of the debt ceiling debate, many are warning that a failure to raise the debt ceiling which leads defaults or to a partial government shutdown would be a political catastrophe for Republicans and call to mind the . …

Let us be clear here on the debt ceiling. President Obama’s call for Republicans to raise taxes is a political and ideological maneuver.

The reason Obama is calling for tax increases is not because it is strictly mathematically necessary to raise …

I’m undecided as of right now on who I’ll support for 2012, at Pajamas Media, I write about what I’m looking for.

From the LA Times:
The 51st state should be named South California, says Jeff Stone, a Republican on the the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the proposed 13 southern California counties that would split off from the Golden State would …

Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) is taking on fellow Minnesotan Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for her lack of accomplishment in Congress:
I like Congresswoman Bachmann. I’ve campaigned for her. I respect her. But her record of accomplishment in Congress is …

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, …