Political Science

More coolness found at Hit & Run: This is connected to the story that Sonny Landham (who played Billy in Predator) is running for Senator in Kentucky. If he wins, he'll be the third Predator star to gain political office. Early in his career, Landham took off his clothes in a few adult fims, so naturally he's running on the Libertarian ticket. Read the story at Hit & … [Read more...] about The Predator Trend Continues

Mickey Kaus notices something interesting about McCain's new "Tolerance" ad, aside from the fact that it's two and a half minutes of lets-all-work-together-to-make-this-country-great feel-good noise: Johm McCain? … [Read more...] about Paid For By Johm McCain?

Virginia Postrel has an interesting article in the Atlantic in which she argues that the glamour of Barack Obama has attractions and dangers. For some reason, perhaps the magical origins of the word glamour, her argument makes me think of a couple of things in the Harry Potter universe: To supporters Obama is the Mirror of Erised, showing people what they desire … [Read more...] about Obama’s Glamour

Without further explanation, here's former Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Mike Gravel. … [Read more...] about Helter Skelter

Everybody's still talking about Obama's speech on race, so I might as well put in my two cents. Was it self serving? Of course. He's a politician in an election year. But I mostly thought it was damned good. Too many politicians, when confronted with embarassing statements by a friend, will either dissemble---"I didn't know", "that's out of context", "you're just bringing … [Read more...] about Obama’s Big Speech on Race