January 5, 2012
Hip To Be Square
Hip To Be Square Will the hippest President we ever had be replaced by the squarest President we ever had? That is the big question as Mitt Romney readies himself to roll through New Hampshire. Presidents, by and large, aren’t...
January 4, 2012
Three GOPs
Three GOPs The results from Iowa show one thing very clearly: There are now three, distinct Republican parties. The mainstream GOP captured about a quarter of the vote in the caucus polls. The social conservatives got about half. The libertarian...
January 3, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum The thing you have to know about Rick Santorum is that he is an Orthodox Catholic. I don’t have a problem with that. I love the Catholic Church and I wish more people felt the same way. When...
January 1, 2012
The Steves
My Uncle Steve died a few days before Christmas. To my deep regret, I couldn’t make the funeral (he died in Chicago and I was in D.C.), so I couldn’t say my farewells to him or give my condolences to...
December 28, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul In the Feehery family primary, held over the Holidays, Ron Paul won a surprisingly high percentage of votes. While he didn’t win, he had committed delegates who argued forcefully for his positions. Mitt Romney won the primary, but...
December 27, 2011
Mexico (from Last Year)
I wrote this blog last year at this time, and except for the Notre Dame part (they play Florida State instead of Miami), everything still holds true. The headlines coming from Mexico are almost all uniformly bad. Notre Dame and...