Author Archives: Patrick J. Ford

A Rush to Judgment

Rush Limbaugh is the intellectual core of the modern conservative movement. For …

What is a Narcissist?

Bill O’Reilly finds out:

Liberal Media Alert? Not Exactly…

The right-wing media is abuzz today with the news that the New …

iPhone and the End of Civilization

It can do anything, I suppose. It checks your email, surfs the …

Dropping the Krauthammer

In today’s Washington Post, Op-Ed journalist and Neocon scholar Charles Krauthammer reminds …

Flip-Flopping on Political Terminology

Over the past decade or so many terms have been attached to …

An Occupation By Any Other Name

In March 2007, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah raised eyebrows when he suggested …

WALL-E’s Conservative Critics

Over the past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Disney-Pixar’s new …

Yesterday’s Other Ruling

Much has been made of the Supreme Court’s rejection of D.C.’s ban …

Save Zimbabwe?

Some neoconservatives wish we would. Here’s Michael Ledeen: Once upon a time, …

Kirchick Checks Into the Hiatt

Jamie Kirchick had a very timely editorial in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times …

Cockamamie Cosmopolitanism

There’s a great little opinion piece in today’s Los Angeles Times by …

Delusional Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer has an especially misguided op-ed in today’s Washington Post regarding …

The Veracity of Bush

In yesterday’s Washington Post, Fred Hiatt has a particularly misleading op-ed on …

McClellan Madness

As the blogosphere’s commentary on former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s …

The Centre Cannot Hold

So said William Butler Yeats, and it seems that war hawks have …

Hannitize the Eschaton

Talk-radio host Sean Hannity has recently devised a plan for Republican success …

GOP Loses Another One

No, I am not referring to another seat lost in a Republican …

Same-Sex Marriage Decision Stirs Unrest

The Los Angeles Times (as well as every other major news outlet) …

100 Years No More?

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that, in a speech to be …

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