October 16, 2008

Sarah Palin Rumor Number Seventy-two

I suppose, at some point in this campaign, there won't be anything that surprises me any longer.  I thought I was already there, but then a Sarah Palin rumor that has been thoroughly debunked shows up in an Op-Ed at the New York Times, and an ed...

October 7, 2008

What if McCain knows what he's doing?

Sometimes, if I'm puzzled by someone's actions, I like to ask myself "if he's really smarter than I am, why would he be doing what he's doing?"You can learn a lot that way.  Unfortunately, the American Chattering Classes often operate ...

August 30, 2008

McCain and the OODA Loop

Man, is this guy a fighter pilot, or what?There are two military concepts here that explain the (absolutely spectacular) choice of Governor Sarah Palin.  Both of them are important to the training of a fighter pilot, and while one of them wasn't...