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  • Misdirection

    By on January 16, 2014

    The popular inability to distinguish fantasy from reality is not a new phenomenon. Snake-oil salesmen have long relied upon their marks' eagerness to believe in...

  • A Moon for Misrule

    By on October 24, 2013

    If a full moon makes people crazy, what's their excuse the rest of the month? This haunting question arose on Oct. 18 as I sat...

  • Tom Ridge torpedoes tea party era at Log Cabin dinner

    By on October 24, 2013

    Tom Ridge lit into the modern-day Republican Party in a fiery speech Wednesday night that called for the GOP to embrace inclusion or face indefinite...

  • Buffoonery on the Brink

    By on October 7, 2013

    The brinkmanship in Washington is getting a little heady, so let's summarize: The thug from Texas by way of Princeton and Harvard says to The...

  • The Crazy Uncle Party

    By on May 23, 2013

    New York novelist Dawn Powell wrote on the cusp of World War II, ''Civilization stood on a ledge, and in the tension of waiting it...

  • Tea Party Push

    By on August 30, 2012

    Just two years ago, the tea party movement threatened to upend the balance of power within the Republican Party. Conservatives were angry, not just with...

  • Snark on a Sinking Ship

    By on August 4, 2011

    The outcome of the tea party's invented crisis over the national debt ceiling remains uncertain as I write on Monday morning, but one thing is...

  • Passing Blame

    By on January 12, 2011

    It's hard to think about much this week aside from the Tucson shootings, but I didn't think my column would have anything to do with...

  • New Know-Nothings

    By on September 8, 2010

    During the weekend, a friend posted the ''Teabonics'' set of photos, again making the rounds, to his Facebook profile. I couldn't help but make a...