Poli Psy: What’s Up for O-Nine
Published January 9, 2009
If I can’t keep resolutions, I can make predictions . . .
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Poli Psy: “Country” Girl
Published September 24, 2008
After three days sequestered in a media-free room, Sarah Palin emerged to deliver what the AP called “a star-turning performance.” Katie Couric pronounced her “feisty, folksy, fiery and emotional.” A delegate from Wisconsin gave the bumper-sticker makers the slogan they should be copyrighting now: “She is one kick-ass lady.”
The Palin family played their supporting roles [...]
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Beyond Good and Evil
Published March 26, 2008
As I write this it is Easter, season of confession and atonement, sacrifice and resurrection, a time to celebrate miracles and renew faith in innocence.
I speak, of course, of politics and of politicians, mortals of whom we expect sin yet demand innocence; people who, being mortals, rarely live down to our expectations or up to [...]