Political Science

Fans of TNT's The Closer know that when Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson tells a suspect that he's going to get away with his crimes, but then she asks him to do just one harmless little thing for her, he's about to go down hard. I thought of that when I read this: WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton's name will be placed in nomination along with nominee-in-waiting Barack … [Read more...] about I’m Sure Obama Has Nothing To Worry About

Maybe it's just because I don't pay enough attention to election campaigns, but this is about the stupidest argument I've ever seen. … [Read more...] about What the Heck Does Paris Hilton Have To Do With the Election?

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