Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
"It was inevitable that Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital would feature prominently in the presidential race, because both candidates need to exploit it in order to win." Here's how the issue is playing out politically
"In the interest of civility and electoral prudence, neither Obama nor Romney can initiate a conversation about what it means to be Mormon. The rest of us should, because the story is complicated, fascinating, and utterly American"
Romney: Father, son and ghost. How much does the life and experience of George Romney, failed candidate for Republican nomination in 1968, explain motivation and electoral strategy of his son Mitt?
Evangelicals are making common cause with Romney because to do otherwise is to hand the election to Obama. In so doing, Mormonism comes closer to American mainstream. It's what Mormons want, but there may be unintended consequences
Junod bullied another child and it scarred both of them. So when Romney says he doesn't remember, he's lying. Neither victim nor perpetrator forget things like that. But suppose he is telling the truth. What does that make him?
How America's Supreme Court rewrote campaign finance law in the case of Citizens United. "The decision followed a lengthy and bitter behind-the-scenes struggle that produced both secret unpublished opinions and a rare reargument"
Colleagues profess sorrow for Richard Lugar, denied the chance to run again for the Senate at 80. But why didn't he retire long ago? Doesn't he have a home or family to go to? Is he so foolish as to think he is indispensable?
Enjoyable hatchet job, following bullying revelations. "For all his business success and well-manicured family, Romney is essentially an entitled fopdoodle who divides the world into two classes, Himself and The Help"
Teenage Mitt Romney bullied a gay student at his elite prep school, pinning his victim down and cutting off his hair. Inevitably, the presumed Republican presidential candidate of today has no recollection of this
Why did Indiana voters dump long-serving senator, Richard Lugar? Americans "are looking for a political idiom that captures their anger at those who fostered and benefited from the Great Recession". They didn't get it from Lugar
If you lumped together all the disparate entities that call themselves Christian and accused them of working jointly for global political rule by the Pope you'd be somewhere near how Mitt Romney looks on Muslims and Islam. Wise? No
On the chairman of House Budget Committee, designer of Republican budget. Rose seemingly without trace. All but unchallengeable by Romney, other senior Republicans. Democrats are having a job too. But his plan is not moderate
"There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is"
