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November 2012

November 06, 2012

Pro-Choice? Surely You Jest

This turned out to be very different essay from the one I intended to write,...

November 05, 2012

Question for the New York Review of Books

Why have an election symposium if everybody is just going to say the same boring...

November 05, 2012

Bush’s Third Term

Gene Healy has churned out a new edition on presidential power. In the process, your...

November 05, 2012

Not the Onion (Close–the New Statesman)

Look, I understand that the British press thinks of most fact-checking where libel law isn't...

November 03, 2012

The Rape Election

I did my my first and, hopefully, last radio interview on the subject of rape...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

I’m Huge in Portugal

Maria Joao Guimaraes, a reporter for the Portuguese newspaper Publico, interviewed your diarist for her...

October 30, 2012

Politics for Eight-Year-Olds

Last week, a very good friend told me about a class project her daughter was...

October 30, 2012

Politics That Knows No Bounds

Patheos's political question of the week is "For whom will you vote, and why?" The...

October 23, 2012

The Bestseller That Never Was

In the Huffington Post today, I write about my new short free e-book Mitt Romney's...

October 22, 2012

My Catholic Problem — and Ours

I am grateful for the Patheos political question of the week this time out. A...

October 22, 2012

Mitt Romney: The Sodium Pentothal Question

This Monday morning, Research on Religion has put up its hour-long interview with your diarist...

October 16, 2012

Ten Infallible Observations About Tonight’s Debate

1. Given the serious fluctuation in the polls everywhere, including in swing states, the stakes...

October 15, 2012

Take Responsibility Hillary, Resign

One empty phrase American politicians employ that reeks to the heavens is this: "I take...

October 11, 2012

Divided We Stand! Wait, What?

As part of its big picture approach to this election, the question Patheos has asked...

October 10, 2012

Reminder: Free Mitt, Obama and US Religion E-book

Hate to flog this again but, well, actually no I don't. Yesterday, I announced the...

October 10, 2012

Our First Gay Ex-President?

Over at Politix, David Mark has some fun with Andrew Sullivan's latest freakout, this time...

October 09, 2012

Free Jeremy Lott E-book on Mitt, Obama & Mormonism

Your diarist wrote it up as a "special report" for Human Events. The e-book in...

October 08, 2012

Republicans vs. Good News

In a post at Politix, I look at how conservatives and Republicans reacted to the...

October 05, 2012

My Case that Obama Threw the Debate

It's published in Splice Today today. I argue that the president likely threw off the...

October 04, 2012

Rope-a-Mope

Serious question: Did President Obama intentionally throw last night's debate? And if so, why?

October 03, 2012

Presidential Debates and Hackery

Don't have much to add to tonight's presidential debate, but let me say this: If...

October 01, 2012

Less Stalker-y Than Usual!

"I want to win." That's the subject line of Barack Obama's latest e-mail in my...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Good Old Fashioned Democratic Hate Speech

Why is it that so many literary folks, who have fine judgment when it comes...

September 28, 2012

The Great Right Wing Freakout

The very old radio in my Subaru has basically two settings: the default and the...

September 27, 2012

Why I’m Voting for Bob Lott

I was at the usual Sunday night thing the other week. A relative newcomer found...

September 13, 2012

Obama Should Fire Hillary

International headlines have stacked up an impressive list of horribles for the United States this...

September 13, 2012

Presidential Creepiness, Bipartisan Edition

Your diarist has long complained about the Obama campaign's creepy sounding e-mails. So it's only...

September 06, 2012

Letters From the President

Here are the actual subject lines of two e-mails I received from Barack Obama tonight:...

September 06, 2012

Choose Your Own Electoral College

Real Clear Politics has this handy choose-your own electoral college map where you can game...

September 06, 2012

Mormon, Quaker; Potato, Potato Vodka

Yesterday, your diarist wrapped up the first draft of a 7,500-word report. This involved, among...