Political Irony

Obama is in a tough spot.
His biggest promise was to “change the tone of politics in Washington”, by seeking a return to respectful political dialog, careful deliberation rather than pandering to voters, and actual governance rather than sound bites. But in keeping his promise, he is being denounced as not being tough enough. Americans love [...]

Why is it the best articles about American politics come from the foreign press? Is it because you need a little distance in order to get a good perspective, or is it that the US press just really sucks?
Anyway, there is a very good article written by a British journalist about Glenn Beck. The [...]

It seems like the Republican strategy recently has been to throw out an enormous number of negative memes about Obama, to see if any stick.
First, they said that he was doing too much. Between cap and trade to roll back global warming, bailing out the economy with the stimulus bill, appointing a hispanic woman to [...]