“San Francisco Democrats”: those pinkos, libertines, radicals— they’re not just for mocking anymore!

In Denver this morning, something took place that seemed a lot like a time-warp flash-forward to the Democratic National Convention, which isn’t supposed to be coming here until the end of August. This morning the Obama campaign held a rally at the University of Denver that caused traffic jams that made the highways look like [...]

Hard to watch Bush’s State of the Union address without being distracted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fidgeting in her seat as she decided which way she would go on each point. She alternated between squirming in her chair as she pretended to read the speech while the Republicans cheered on some conservative point like the [...]

Never mind what Limbaugh says. Take a very close look into the eyes: wolf or sheep?

There was a man from Texas who apparently gave a speech in Washington yesterday in which he said absolutely nothing new but all the papers covered it as if it were something. One major story that didn’t make it onto the front page, though, the kind of story that should be front and center all [...]

Occasional contributor F. Landis gives us a heads up on the turnout numbers in South Carolina. He points out that, although it’s hard to compare directly because both the Republican and Democratic parties in the state have moved back and forth between caucus and primary systems, the “trends are mind-boggling”: MSNBC reported last night that [...]

The Obama South Carolina victory was the first really decisive contest yet of the Democratic primary race. His victory speech seemed a powerful tour of his thinking over the past couple weeks, a combination finger wag and group hug. This kind of emotion-getting natural-born speechifying is something we as a nation have been sorely missing [...]

Super Tuesday looms. The candidates are beginning to carpet bomb California with advertising. Soon they’ll all be visiting the Hollywood Hills and Silicon Valley and generally conclaving with powerbrokers up and down the coast. They’ll also make stops on the corners, of course, to get with the neighborhood folk and the local TV reporters who [...]

Ladies and gentleman the joint YouTube-Nobel Prize goes to… the amazing Johnny Lee and his remote wii.

Facedown nekkidness! This probably goes equally for the famous and the nonfamous: never get facedown, naked and too comfortable. You’ll end up discovered by relatives or masseuses or lovers or photographers or Perez Hilton. If you see anyone you love stumble out of the shower, drop their towel and plop on the bed facedown nekkid, [...]