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Perhaps because the nominations still seem so much in the air, the Iowa caucus is receiving an unusual amount of criticism on procedural grounds. Some, but not all of this is fair. First this from Christopher Hitchens at Slate: It...

Why should we be surprised?

More Holiday Cheer!

Crisis may make 1929 look a ‘walk in the park’ This piece from The London Telegraph’s ace reporter/commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard will do nothing to calm your economic nerves, but then again, it looks more and more like it’s time to be as alarmed as we have sense to be. This is only the [...]

Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

Today's OpinionJournal piece by Peggy Noonan, "Out With the Old, In With the New" makes a key point about Huckabee's win last night in Iowa: From the mail I have received the past month after criticizing him in this space,...

McGovern embarrasses again

The landslide loss of George McGovern in 1972 should have been the biggest embarrassment of his life, but he out did himself with an Op Ed in the Washington Post: Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses....

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

I have a mild disagreement with my colleague Prof. Blanchard over the meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" when it comes to the impeachment of presidents. Prof. Blanchard reacts to George McGovern's call to impeach President Bush. Prof. Blanchard writes:...

What's New with the Blogs

Populism versus globalism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

TNR Notices the 'Ron Paul Political Report'

Obamamania

Golden oldie video: The tears of a clown

South Dakota Blogs

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

Political Poetry

Impeachment: Last Word

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

McGovern on Impeachment

Bloomberg For President?

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

Iowa

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Obnoxious South Dakota

Things are going well.....

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

ELECTION NOTE

SD Regents go anti-gun

Intel Report Status

American Blogs