Mary Phillips-Sandy

What is it about Tim Geithner that makes everybody grab for copies of the founding documents? Is it his puckish eyebrows? His haircuts from Felix? His cozy camaraderie with Citigroup? Who the hell knows?
At any rate, this is the wrong way to wave the Constitution at Tim. If you recall.
And this is the right way…
It [...]

I wanted to thank some friends who navigated the painfully-slow Webby Awards voting page in order to vote for Indecision. And nothing says thank you like original haiku about politicians, especially when they are historically accurate!
These are my favorites.
For Brian, who requested John Sununu:
Regardless Of Your Political Affiliation, I Think You Can Agree That It [...]

Oh, this you must watch. Here is M.Ba, all hopped up some hot Lemon Zinger, preachin’ to the U.S. of Tea:

(Via Politics in Minnesota, who has to live with her, although according to the masthead it is run by “a tiny red speck in a big blue precinct,” so maybe they are the ones who [...]

You thought the publishing industry was in trouble? Come now. Would an industry in trouble hand a million (plus?) dollars to a 24-year-old campaign prop blogger best known for writing some captions in a children’s book about torture, and also for having bad grammar? Absolutely! I mean, no!
My point is, this is going be in [...]

Dirigo!

The intrepid executive editor of Fox News read an entire United Nations report, so you don’t have to, and I read the intrepid executive editor of Fox News’s report on the United Nations report, also so you don’t have to.
You’re welcome…
A United Nations document on “climate change” that will be distributed to a major environmental [...]

I thought this was obvious. Apparently it’s just me.

Somewhere in a dark corner of Massachusetts, probably in or very near a Dunkin’ Donuts, Michael Capuano is biding his time. “Just a few years, my precious,” he whispers to his chocolate glazed. “You’ll see. I’ll live to do an encore of To Me I Think They’re Illegal, for the hedge funds.” Meanwhile, in the [...]

Every Christmas Porter McCumber’s relatives were subjected to a detailed account of the Fordney–McCumber Tariff bill’s origins, an account that seemed to grow longer and longer with each passing year, despite tactful attempts to steer the conversation in other directions.
I discuss the impact of tariffs, at YPR.