Montana
Liberaltarians
West Wing
Earlier this year, Republican Conrad Burns, locked in a tough struggle to defend his Montana Senate seat, cut anot-terribly-original ad attacking his Democratic challenger. "JonTester joins liberal judges opposing proven anti-terror programs,is against the Patriot Act, and his position on Iraq is constantlychanging," the script read. But, if Burns's line of attack—theDemocrat as flip-flopping friend of activist judges with no appetitefor fighting terrorism—was decidedly familiar, the response fromhis opponent was anything but. READ MORE >>
Blue's Clues
The War On Terror In Montana
by Richard SternOne of the incidental enrichments of a teacher's life is the reaction of his former students to his utterances. In response to my hastily composed contrast of the "War on Terror" to World War II (so I'd forgotten to mention the ration books whose vouchers determined the amount of red meat, butter, gasoline and silk--later nylon--stockings which could be purchased by every American), my fine former student, Mary Scriver, emailed me from Montana: READ MORE >>
Double Enmity
If they didn’t hate each other so much, David Sirota and Dan Gerstein might be friends. They certainly have a lot in common. Both are in their thirties. Both are Jewish. And both are Democratic operatives. But their greatest similarity is their shared love of vicious political combat. READ MORE >>
Rank Disloyalty
There is something a bit troubling about the Democrats' current obsession with discipline, as though there were no higher aspiration than matching the ruthless efficiency of the House Republicans. A political party is not the same as a Third World liberation movement. It ought to accommodate moments of dissent and occasional deviations from the party line without the forms of retribution that have recently taken hold in the liberal blogosphere. READ MORE >>
Big Chief Crow of Madison Ave.
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