Democrats are starting to have powerful success painting the GOP as the party of bigots, with good reason. When Ted Nugent channels Bull Conner, delivering a Jim Crow-era rant about our “mongrel” black President the problem gets worse. When Ted…
Democrats are starting to have powerful success painting the GOP as the party of bigots, with good reason. When Ted Nugent channels Bull Conner, delivering a Jim Crow-era rant about our “mongrel” black President the problem gets worse. When Ted…
Conservatives in our era have a lunatic relationship to empirical reality. The miserably pathetic struggle of the right wing of the GOP to shut out the offensive noises emitted by scientists has become one of the central themes of our…
Someone is going to win an Olympic gold medal this year for figure skating. The winner will score a fractionally higher “score,” as granted by a panel of judges, than the runner-ups. Sure, a few people will fall down or…
Over the years this blog has been deeply, sometimes sharply critical of the Republican Party inspiring many to wonder about its title. Why would a dedicated, lifelong Republican be so unhappy and if so, why stick around? You don’t become…
Just thought I’d take a moment during that brief gap in the day between coffee and tequila to share an update. So far the food is amazing. Here’s a picture from the food court across the street from the main…
I’m leaving. I do intend to come back, but I’m not making any promises. It will probably be quiet around here next week. We’re taking the kids someplace warm to remind them what the sun looks like. While I’m at it,…
The rowdy little community we’ve built here around the GOPLifer blog has been a rewarding experience for me and hopefully you’re enjoying it too. There is a place for thoughtful, analytic writing and that’s what I try to do with…
The Washington Post published a piece over the weekend on the complex connection between technology and unemployment. It lays out the ways that technology improves working conditions and the long, disruptive lags that sometimes occur in employment. The sum of…
When this happens you have to jump on it. I agree with Rick Perry – about the need to move away from blanket criminalization of marijuana use. Perry’s statements were measured and nuanced, another anomaly. He did not endorse legalization…
Voices are starting to emerge on the right promoting a response to the Democrat’s plan that consists of something more material than repeal and replace. From the Washington Examiner: The good news is that we don’t have to theorize about…
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