the irony is that the same market forces that right-wing talk-radio hosts champion are helping to seal their fate. Advertisers are abandoning the shows because they no longer want to…
Here's the theory Gohmert managed to come up with: we can't stop this pipeline. Because if we stop this pipeline, the caribou will suffer. The caribou will suffer because the…
Harold Cook tells us why Tricky Ricky isn't down and out.. Mitt Romney is stuck at about 23 percent of likely Republican primary voters. That represents the percentage of hard-core…
That, my friends, is usually how a Republican wins an election in Texas — by not being the Democrat. It’s a mighty thin resume for a fat presidential race. via…
In terms of numbers, between the second quarter of 2007, right before the recession began, and the second quarter of 2011, total employment in Texas increased by 279,000. Of this,…
Rick Perry’s campaign for the presidency largely consists of touting the pro-growth policies of Texas—a state with no personal income tax, and the 47th lowest tax burden in the country—as…
I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president. The notion that we as a party are going to nominate the most conservative candidate simply…
The next time Sarah Palin complains about her treatment by any media member, that reporter might want to inform her that at least he or she is not literally sleeping…
Ten years ago today, terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center, suddenly turning all photographers into suspected terrorists. But there has never been any evidence that terrorists used cameras…
Following this previous dispatch on why boring old "infrastructure" is what distinguishes a successful country from a failing one: 1) A chart showing changes in U.S. infrastructure investment. Ignore the…