The October Surprise?

There’s surely going to be a final act in this damned play, so let’s get on with it already.
I understand too much about the nasty rules of life’s overarching narrative to believe that the third presidential debate is over, Barack Obama has a large enough lead to coast home and that Senator John McCain — [...]

Barack ‘Eight Mile’ Obama

I’m offering this without much comment, except to say that I hope Obama’s team is smart enough to dig this speech up and use it almost exactly the way this Youtuber has done. It’s a very effective argument.
As soon as I saw this, I thought of Eminem’s performance at the end of ‘Eight Mile’. If [...]

Joe Biden has the Patience of a Saint (or Why Americans are Finally Ready for a Professor)

There’s an old jpeg, or maybe it’s a gif, floating around the Web.
It says: “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.”
The same could be said for “debating” Sarah Palin.
I’m not faulting poor Joe Biden. He did the best he could under difficult circumstances — [...]